Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
March 1, 2008
Submitted
March 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577CS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605726
Aircraft time
444 hours, 309 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW545B
Engine time
444 hours, 309 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
30J295401
Part serial
AHX008382
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
444 hours, 309 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ENROUTE, CREW EXPERIENCED NR 2 ENGINE EEC ANNUNCIATION FOLLOWED BY ENGINE VIBRATION. CREW FOLLOWED CHECKLIST AND FOR PRECAUTIONS, SHUTDOWN RT ENGINE, DIVERTED AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AC LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CURRENTLY CAUSE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED AND AC IS IN MAINT FOR TROUBLESHOOTING AND REPAIRS. MAINT PERSONNEL INSPECTED AND FOUND FOREIGN DEBRIS IN ENGINE FUEL FILTER. WINGS SUMPED AND NO DEBRIS FOUND. UPON RECOMMENDATION, FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND BOTH ENGINE FUEL FILTERS WERE REPLACED. WHEN GROUND RUN OF AC WAS PERFORMED, COMPRESSOR SURGING WAS EVIDENT. TROUBLESHOT TO DEFECTIVE COMPRESSOR BLEED VALVE. COMPRESSOR BLEED VALVE AND ASSOCIATED BLEED VALVE SERVO AND TRANSFORMER WERE REPLACED. GROUND RUN PERFORMED SATISFACTORY. AC APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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