Service difficulty report · Seal · Braero HS125700A

Difficulty date
July 17, 2000
Submitted
September 27, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N270KA
Make and model
Braero HS125700A
Aircraft serial
NA0307
Part
Seal
Part number
64642PAR
Condition
Leaking
Location
Flow Cntl Valve
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AUS-SJC - THE EQUIPMENT BAY OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CHECKLIST WAS RUN AND THE LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH THE NR 1 AIR VALVE IN HP AND THE NR 2 IN LP. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SJC WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN INSPECTION OF THE REAR BAY SHOWED NO SIGN OF OVERHEATING. WITH BOTH ENGINES RUNNING, A SMALL LEAK WAS DETECTED AT A CLAMP SEAL ON THE FLOW CONTROL VALVE. THE JOINT WAS RESEALED AND A SECOND GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED, NO LEAKAGE NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)