SDR 96ZZZX1173

Service difficulty report · Tube · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
January 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5074R
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
1151D
Part
Tube
Part number
369H9014981
Condition
Cracked
Location
Scavenge Air
Stage of operation
IN
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

DURING INSPECTION OF SCAVENGE AIR SYSTEM, THE AIR TUBE WAS FOUND CRACKED ABOUT 4 INCHES ABOVE THE SOLENOID. IT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD WATER FROZEN AT THAT POINT AS THE TUBE IS EXPANDED ALONG THE CRACKED AREA AND RECENT TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SUB-ZERO.