Service difficulty report · Hose · Amd FALCON10

Difficulty date
January 19, 2012
Submitted
January 19, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N349JC
Make and model
Amd FALCON10
Aircraft serial
070
Aircraft time
7,391 hours, 6,326 cycles
Part
Hose
Part number
FAL1007
Condition
Obstructed
Location
Zone 500
Part time
341 hours, 240 cycles
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

POST FLIGHT INSP REVELED ICE BUILD UP ON LT OTBD WING SLAT. PERFORMED ACFT RUN-UP TO TEST THE SLAT ANTI-ICE SYS AND USING A TEMPERATURE GUN FOUND THE SLAT TEMPERATURE ON THE OTBD SECTION TO BE HALF OF THE OTHER 3 SECTIONS. INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE HOT AIR SUPPLY HOSE TO THE OTBD SLAT WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED BECAUSE OF A SEPARATION OF THE INNER LINER OF THE HOSE WHEN IT GETS WARM. WE REPLACED THE HOSE AND LEAK CHECKED THE SYS AND RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICE. NO FURTHER ISSUES.