Service difficulty report · Manifold · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
May 12, 2005
Submitted
May 18, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N321FE
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
47836
Aircraft time
80,172 hours, 21,741 cycles
Part
Manifold
Condition
Leaking
Location
Pnumatic Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

CLIMBING OUT OF SLC THRU 10,000 FT NR 3 MANIFOLD FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, RAN RED TABS AND RETURNED TO SLC DUE TO ICING CONDITIONS. ALSO WING ANTI-ICE WAS NOT ON AND NR 3 TEMP GAUGE WAS RED-LINING. PERFORMED NR 3 SYS DECAY CHECK RAN ENGINES AND DETERMINED NR 3 ENG BLEED SYSTEM RUNNING HIGHER TEMP THAN NR 1 SYSTEM, ACCOMPLISHED DECAY CHECK USING ENG, DETERMINED NO LEAKS IN MANIFOLD. FOUND LEAK IN AC BAY 3 AT THE TRIM AIR PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE ROTATED CLAMP AND REPLACED FILTER SEAL LEAK CHECKS GOOD NOW, REPLACED SENSE LOOP IN THE AC BAY AS A PRECAUTION ALL WORK DONE IAW SMP. RAN NR 3 ENG AND PERFORMED NR 3 PNEUMATIC SYS TEST IAW JRH 7-3. ALL CHECKS NORMAL. OK FOR SERVICE.

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