Service difficulty report · Thermoswitch · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
June 20, 2016
Submitted
June 21, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N485AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49678
Aircraft time
79,170 hours, 41,867 cycles
Part
Thermoswitch
Part number
6712152180
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. AIR INTERRUPT, EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. DURING CLIMB, THE TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE FOUND MULTIPLE PERI SEALS AND BOTH THERMOSWITCHES LEAKING. R & R BOTH THERMOSWITCHES. R & R PERI SEALS AS REQUIRED. SEE ALSO AALA20160620010 AND AALA20160621008.

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