Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
October 18, 2016
Submitted
October 19, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N982TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53632
Aircraft time
47,324 hours, 23,482 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
97968011
Part serial
1190
Condition
Faulty
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
24,171 hours, 13,540 cycles
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. DFW, AIR INTERRUPT, DFW-STL. EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. DURING CLIMB THE TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED WATER SEPARATOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVE IAW AMM 21-20-03. ACCOMPLISHED CARD 36-95-14 WITH NO LEAKS FOUND.

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