Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
February 8, 2003
Submitted
March 28, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N203AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49145
Part
Duct
Part number
5953625521
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tail
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE MIA-IAH, ON CLIMB-OUT, PASSING 14,000 FT, THE TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LEVELED AIRCRAFT AT 16,000 FT AND ACCOMPLISHED PROCEDURE. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BLEED OFF, THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. RETURNED MIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GROUND INSTRUMENT COOLING FAN WAS NOT IN OPERATION. REPLACED WATER SEPARATOR DUCT. PERFORMED LEAK CHECK, NO LEAKS NOTED. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK OF TAIL COMPARTMENT OVERHEAT SYSTEM. NO FAULTS NOTED. ALSO, ACCOMPLISHED GROUND CHECK OF INSTRUMENT COOLING FAN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)

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