Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 767259

Difficulty date
June 27, 2007
Submitted
June 29, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986AN
Make and model
Boeing 767259
Aircraft serial
24835
Aircraft time
73,809 hours, 14,412 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Loose
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

L DUCT LEAK LGT ILLUM, EICAS MSG BLD DUCT LEAK DISPLAYED, LGT EXTINGUISH AFTER ENG BLEED AIR SUPPLY AND ISOLATION VALVES CLOSED. PERFORMED PNEUMATIC DUCT FLEXIBLE BALL JOINTS INSPECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 36-11-01 FOUND 1 OF 5 FLEXIBLE JOINT LOOSE. RETIGHTEN IN ACCORDANCE JOB CARD. ALSO PERFORMED WING AND BODY DUCT LEAK DETECTION BITE PROCEDURE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH 26-18-00 BLOCK 6. ALL DUCTS INTEGRITY FROM ENGINES TO ISOLATED VALVE AND APU LEAK DETECTOR ELEMENTS. FOUND WITH LIMITS (LESS THAN 1 MEGOHM). RUN ENGINE AND NO FAULT NOTED. ANTI-ICING SYSTEM CHECK DUE OBVIOUS LEAKS, OK.