Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB120

Difficulty date
September 28, 2016
Submitted
September 30, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410PA
Make and model
Emb EMB120
Aircraft serial
195
Aircraft time
28,592 hours, 39,250 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118
Engine time
39,844 hours, 37,734 cycles
Propeller
Hamstd 14RF9
Part
Duct
Part number
MGR69766150
Condition
Torn
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
28,592 hours, 39,250 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, B, A

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

What was found

APPROX 1245 LOCAL TIME, WHEN RT "DUCT LEAK" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW SECURED THE RT ENGINE BLEED VALVE AND RT AC PACK, WAITED THREE MINUTES FOR COOL DOWN AND ANNUNCIATOR TO EXTINGUISH. "DUCT LEAK" LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. CREW SECURED RT ENGINE IN FLIGHT AND RTB DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. POINT MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND MULTIPLE LEAKS IN THE RT AC PACK ASSY. REPLACED TORN DUCT (PN MGR69766-150) AND WORN CLAMP (PN 744257C2). MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A THIRTY MINUTE GROUND RUN WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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