Service difficulty report · Heat Exchanger · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
August 8, 2015
Submitted
August 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N488AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49681
Aircraft time
76,404 hours, 40,333 cycles
Part
Heat Exchanger
Part number
1941101
Condition
Leaking
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIR INTERRUPT, EMER DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. DURING CLIMB, PASSING FL180 THE TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED TAIL COMPARTMENT LEAK CHECK IAW MCM36-95-15 & FOUND THE PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER LEAKING AT THE UNION WITH DUCT. R & R THE RT PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER IAW AMM 21-51-04. PERFORMED LEAK CHECK. SYS CHECKED NORMAL.

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