Service difficulty report · Tube · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 27, 2016
Submitted
March 30, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N488AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49681
Aircraft time
77,885 hours, 41,222 cycles
Part
Tube
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GNDED. AIR INTERRUPT, EMER DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT WAS OVERWEIGHT. DURING CLIMB RECEIVED A TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH WARNING. WARNING CEASED AFTER HP BLEED SWITCHES SELECTED OFF. FOUND CRACKED TUBE ON RT FLOW CONTROL VLV. R & R TUBE IAW AMM 21-31-02. LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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