SDR 95ZZZX1664

Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Piper PA31T3

Difficulty date
February 15, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N314SC
Make and model
Piper PA31T3
Aircraft serial
31T8275007
Engine
Pwa PT6A11
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
310082901
Condition
Dirty
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
L, E, A

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

What was found

ANC - DURING LANDING, RT ENGINE HAD AN INTERMITTENT COMPRESSOR STALL. THE LANDING WAS ABORTED DUE TO HIGH WINDS. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN RT ENGINE AND RETURNED TO ENA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON INSPECTION OF THE RT ENGINE, THE BLEED VALVE WAS FOUND STUCK, WHICH CAUSED THE COMPRESSOR TO INTERMITTENTLY STALL.

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