# Incident 20130903017419I: Embraer EMB-120ER, Phoenix, AZ, September 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2013, 12:10 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N266AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N266AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-120ER
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW118
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,371 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130903017419I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 9/3/2013 AMERIFLIGHT 2688 DEPARTED KPHX AND DURING CLIMB OUT THE "DUCT LEAK" LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED THE ORH PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO KPHX SAFELY.

THE AIRCRAFT ON 8/30/2013 EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR EVENT FOR A "DUCT LIGHT ILLUMINATING" DURING CLIMB OUT.

AMERFIFLIGHT DETERMINED THROUGH TROUBLESHOOTING THAT THE L/H PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE P/N 38E96-5A IS FAILING INTERNALLY CAUSING THE UNRELIEVED PRESSURE TO BLOW THE RECEIVER OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE VALVE.  THE RECEIVER IS HELD ON BY A SMALL ADJUSTABLE CLAMP.

THE AIR CARRIER HAS SENT THE SUSPECT VALVE OUT FOR REPAIR AND AN SDR & M OR D HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N266AS (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130830017389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830017389I), Aug 30, 2013: Embraer EMB-120ER (N266AS), Phoenix, AZ, No damage. On 8/30/2013 ameriflight 2688 departed kphx for hermosillio, Mexico and experienced a "duct overheat warning" that could not be extinguished. The pilot per qrh…
- [Incident 19990425019539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425019539I), Apr 25, 1999: Emb EMB120RT (N266AS), Fayetteville, AR. (-5)Aircraft returned and landed without incident after the left main landing gear failed to retract after take-off from xna on a flight to dfw. Aircraft…
- [Incident 19940727034279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940727034279I), Jul 27, 1994: Emb EMB120 (N266AS), Texarkana, AR. Narrative: history of flight: on July 27, 1994, at 0820 CDT, an Embraer 120, N266AS, operated by atlantic southeast airlines, had the left engine duct leak…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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