Service difficulty report · Flex Duct · Israel 1124

Difficulty date
February 17, 2006
Submitted
March 23, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N290CA
Make and model
Israel 1124
Aircraft serial
216
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Flex Duct
Part number
4783658519
Part serial
3074
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Cabin Floor Duct
Part time
10,907 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

DURING C-CHECK, BY ACCESS OF FUSELAGE REPAIR, IT WAS FOUND THAT FLEXIBLE AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS WERE BADLY DETERIORATED. FOAM ON INSIDE OF DUCTS WERE COMING LOOSE AND SOME OF DUCTS WERE COLLAPSED. THESE DUCTS ARE JUST PLAIN OLD. MFG TIME LIMITS DO NOT COVER THESE DUCTS AND DURING 800 HOUR C-CHECK AIRFRAME INSP THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT TO INSPECT INSIDE OF DUCTS FOR BLOCKAGE OR COLLAPSED DUCTS. FLEX DUCTS CONNECT BELOW THE BLOW AND RUN UP SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE TO LWR AIR CONDITIONING VENTS. THESE ARE NOT HOT AIR DUCTS, UNDER A UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCE, POSES A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD IF DUCT TEMPERATURES GET HOT. CALLED MFG TO GET FLEX DUCTS, PN CROSSED TO A NEW STYLE DUCT (PN BWT103080360A.) (K)

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