Service difficulty report · Tube · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
April 10, 2006
Submitted
May 4, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N907JE
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK107
Part
Tube
Part number
45A6351771
Condition
Broken
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
5,113 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING RECURRING 400 HR INSPECTION REQUIRED BY AD, FOUND AFT FUSELAGE RT BLEED AIR DUCT ASSY. BELLOWS BRAIDED WIRE MESH BLOWN OUT OF END FITTINGS. SUSPECTED TO BE CAUSED BY BLEED AIR LEAK FROM EITHER CRACKED BELLOWS OR FATIGUE/TUBING MIS-ALIGNMENT STRESS. REPLACED TUBE ASSY WITH SUPERSEDING (PN 45A63517-075) TUBE ASSY. RECOMMEND POSSIBLE AFT FUSELAGE BLEED AIR TUBING OF OLDER PN`S HAVE A 5000 HR LIFE LIMIT. (K)

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