Service difficulty report · Butterfly Valve · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
February 15, 2005
Submitted
February 17, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N309FE
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
48298
Aircraft time
47,284 hours, 14,643 cycles
Part
Butterfly Valve
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bleed Valve
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING COMPLIANCE WITH WIC 49C1701 SEQ 267, FOUND APU NR 2 SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE BLEED VALVE BUTTERFLY CRACKED AND WITH MISSING MATERIAL THAT RESULTED TO NR 2 ENGINE CHANGE.

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