What was found
NOTICED BLACK STREAKS ON ENGINE INLETS AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE BURNS AFT OF ENGINE HEATED INLET LIP ASSEMBLY. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND BLEED LEAK TO BE COMING FROM A WELD CRACK ON THE LT SIDE BLEED PORT FOR THE DEICE LIP ASSEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- January 16, 2014
- Submitted
- January 21, 2014
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- 9PER215C
Signature Flight Support, LLC - Aircraft
- N65TB
- Make and model
- Pilats PC1245
- Aircraft serial
- 263
- Aircraft time
- 2,519 hours, 2,169 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A67B
- Engine time
- 2,519 hours, 2,169 cycles
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCE4A3D
- System (JASC)
- 3000 · Ice/Rain Protection System
- Part
- Duct
- Part number
- 5302412140
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Deice Sys
- Part time
- 2,519 hours, 2,169 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.