Service difficulty report · Combustion Tube · Piper PA31T1

Difficulty date
April 20, 2015
Submitted
April 20, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N316WB
Make and model
Piper PA31T1
Aircraft serial
31T8004057
Part
Combustion Tube
Part number
CDPN2002
Part serial
8881117
Condition
Failed
Location
Heater
Part time
435 hours
Component
Heater Assembly · C&Dassociate · B3040
Component part number
10E212
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

HEATER WAS O/H. HAS DATA PLATE ON THE HEATER JACKET. HEATER FAILED THE PRESSURE DECAY TEST. COMBUSTION TUBE ASSEMBLY HAS MULTIPLE LEAKS/HOLES. THE OUTER COMBUSTION TUBE SHOWS SIGN OF COLLAPSING FROM PRESSURIZATION. THE INTERIOR COMBUSTION TUBE IS SPLIT ALONG THE WELD SEAM AND DISTORTED.

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