Service difficulty report · Fitting · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
May 16, 2011
Submitted
May 16, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1229C
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0589
Aircraft time
10,000 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33112JR
Engine time
12 hours
Part
Fitting
Part number
850214101023
Condition
Detached
Location
Bleed Line
Part time
12 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, Y
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN-FLIGHT, A LOUD "POP" WAS HEARD, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD HISSING SOUND. ACFT APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. CREW ASSUMED THE SOUND CAME FROM A BLOWN DEFROSTER LINE. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT AFTER THE THROTTLE WAS PULLED BACK AFTER PROPELLER REVERSE THE ENGINE FLAMED OUT. WHITE SMOKE BEGAN BILLOWING OUT OF THE ENGINE COWLING. ON THE TAXIWAY, THE CREW OPENED THE ENGINE COWLING AND DISCOVERED THE CABIN HEAT INSTALLATION BLEED AIR LINE (THAT CONNECTS ENGINE BLEED AIR TO THE CABIN MIXING VALVE) HAD PULLED OUT OF ITS FITTING. THE FITTING WAS TIGHT, BUT THE BLEED AIR PRESSURE STILL CAUSED THE LINE TO PULL OUT OF THE COMPRESSION FITTING, BENDING THE LINE BACKWARDS, AND BLOWING ENGINE BLEED AIR DIRECTLY ON ADJACENT WIRE BUNDLES, THE ENGINE COWLING, AND ENGINE MOUNT. THE ELECTRICAL INSULATION AROUND THE WIRING BUNDLES MELTED/BURNED. THE ENGINE COWL WAS HEAT DAMAGED AND THE HEAT RESISTENT PAINT BLISTERED. NOTE: THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATION OF AN ENGINE OVERHEAT IN THE COCKPIT. INSTALLATION DWG IS 850-21-41-01-100, REV C. ENGINE IS INSTALLED ON THIS ACFT BY STC SA02291AK.

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