Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 425

Difficulty date
August 20, 2001
Submitted
September 20, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N900MS
Make and model
Cessna 425
Aircraft serial
4250079
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Part
Line
Part number
510010951
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Oxygen System
Part time
5,390 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

LEFT SIDE WALL WAS REMOVED TO INSTALL RADIO EQUIPMENT. THE VERTICAL DUCT FOR AIR TO OVERHEAD WEMAC SHOWED DEFINITE SIGNS OF BURNING AND SEVERE DETERIORATION. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION, THE OXYGEN LINE CROSSING DUCT HAD SEVERE CORROSION WHERE CONTACT BETWEEN THE LINE AND DUCT HAD OCCURRED, AND HAD 2 HOLES IN THE LINE. WHEN THE OXYGEN WAS TURNED ON, OXYGEN WAS SPRAYED ON DUCT AND BEHIND SIDEWALL OF AIRCRAFT. MANUFACTURED NEW LINE TO REPLACE CORRODED LINE. INSTALLED NEW DUCT. SPIRAL WRAPPED OXYGEN LINE WHERE CONTACT WITH DUCT OCCURS.

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