What was found
HEATER HAD ZERO TIME IN FEBRUARY 2004. OVERHAULED TO ZERO TIME IN JULY 2010 WITH NEW COMBUSTION TUBE ASSY. COMBUSTION TUBE INNER LINER HAS SAGGED, COLLAPSED AND PARTIALLY MELTED.
- Difficulty date
- April 14, 2014
- Submitted
- April 14, 2014
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Piper PA31T1
- System (JASC)
- 2140 · Heating System
- Part
- Combustion Tube
- Part number
- AHE87D04C7
- Part serial
- 0729101
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Heater Assy
- Component
- Heater · Janitrol · B3040
- Component part number
- 10E214
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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