Service difficulty report · Warning Switch · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
January 5, 2015
Submitted
February 4, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N43TA
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft serial
BB1432
Aircraft time
6,900 hours, 7,100 cycles
Engine
Pwc PT6A42A
Engine time
3,400 hours, 7,200 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3A
Part
Warning Switch
Part number
903800023
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Reversed
Location
Zone 100
Part time
7,100 hours, 7,200 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

IN CRUISE, LT BLEED AIR FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW SWITCHED OFF LT BLEED PACK. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE RT BLEED AIR OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PLANE DESCENDED TO AN APPROPRIATE ALTITUDE AND LANDED AT THE DESTINATION. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RT EVA TUBE HAD CRACKED NEAR THE "T" FITTING. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONNECTOR PLUGS AT THE EVA BLEED AIR WARNING DETECTION UNITS WERE CROSSED. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE RT BLEED AIR PACK WAS FAILED. THIS CAUSED A DUAL BLEED AIR OFF INDICATION. THE STARTING CHECKLIST DID NOT SPECIFY A TEST OF ASSOCIATED BLEED AIR PACK PRIOR TO STARTING THE NEXT ENGINE. THIS TEST, WILL CONFIRM THE OPERATION OF THE INDEPENDENT SYS. ONCE THE SECOND ENGINE IS STARTED, THERE IS NO WAY TO TEST THE PACKS THIS WAY. MFG WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AT THE SUPPORT DESK LEVEL. THE CONNECTOR PLUGS AND PRESSURE SWITCHES NEED TO BE CLEARLY MARKED TO HELP PREVENT THIS FROM INADVERTENTLY OCCURRING AGAIN. THE CHIEF PILOT HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAULT, BUT NO TRAINING WAS RECEIVED TO EXPLAIN THE OCCURRENCE.