Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
January 28, 2010
Submitted
February 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583MD
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49659
Aircraft time
50,892 hours, 36,375 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
5953625541
Condition
Broken
Location
Air Con
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

ACFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM DUE TO AFTER ENGINES START, THE "TAIL COMP TEMP HI" LIGHT TURNED ON. MX REPLACED THE THERMO SWITCHES ON BOTH SIDES IAW MM 36-20-02 AND THE ACFT WAS DISPATCHED. AFTER THAT, THE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE, DURING CLIMB AT 9,000 FEET, THE "TAIL COMP TEMP HI" LIGHT TURNED ON AGAIN. MX DETECTED A RT AIR CONDITIONED DUCT BROKEN, SO THE DUCT WAS REPLACED IAW MM 36-00-00, TESTED CORRECT.

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