MD80 #1 engine runaway on startup. We have a problem!

[@AADFWspotters2]

please continue to upload videos of these machines before they go away. In less than 3 months these videos will be for the history books.

[@baughmanaviation2450]

Will do.

[@AADFWspotters2]

@@baughmanaviation2450 Are you a technician at DFW or something?

[@baughmanaviation2450]

Yes. I am an AA Mechanic however I give most of my shifts away. My primary job is in general aviation and I have my own FBO.

[@baughmanaviation2450]

Let me know what you would like to see on this channel and I will do my best to give good content.

[@AADFWspotters2]

@@baughmanaviation2450 really like seeing the action with the Md-80s and you working on planes

[@hairsiluet]

I liked so much this video! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@jakarhamdani3622]

It could be Approach idle solenoid energize

[@calvinnickel9995]

Hahaha… fuel flow go BRRRRRRRR.

[@SuperSpotterATL]

Awesome video dude! Keep it up with the Maddog videos. So why did the the engines spool up with the throttles at idle? Was the autothrottle on?

[@baughmanaviation2450]

Fuel control unit failed. I will continue to post MD80 (Mad-dog) videos. The last of the true hand flying commercial airplanes.

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

​@@baughmanaviation2450btw, in the MD-80 is it like in the Boeing 737 that the throttle levers move on their own?

[@Ryan-719]

Oil temp looks a lot higher than the other one? I’m

[@joshuabradley8676]

81% N2 with 366 TGT.........ok.

[@williamenslen6385]

Looks like it is stuck in approach idle. The approach idle c/b behind the capt seat may be popped.

[@baughmanaviation2450]

Half right. It was stuck in flight idle but not because of the C/B. The solenoid on the FCU failed.

[@williamenslen6385]

@@baughmanaviation2450 Yep. Always check the c/b and then power to the solenoid.

[@markreed2576]

@@baughmanaviation2450 does the solenoid fail to the open position? I’m assuming it does and if so that would explain this run away.

[@FISHH00KS]

What was the cause?

[@baughmanaviation2450]

A bad fuel control unit

[@airplaneguy3389]

So strange

[@TERF59PHIFAN]

why did the takeoff configuration warning horn not sound? It went all the way up to 67% N1 ! I never seen a runaway this bad before. What it a fuel control issue?

[@Josh.Davidson]

Because the takeoff configuration warning is based on the throttle position

[@Ryan-719]

@@Josh.Davidson ahhhh okay makes sense position rather than N1 value

[@Josh.Davidson]

@@Ryan-719 yes.