Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 18, 2018
Submitted
February 4, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N846FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0154
Aircraft time
14,244 hours, 14,892 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Engine time
6,019 hours, 6,951 cycles
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
304903803
Part serial
GA1364
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Engine
Part time
14 hours, 17 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

WHEN THE PILOT PUSHED THE POWER LEVER UP ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL HE HEARD TWO LOUD BANGS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP. THE PRE-TAKEOFF RUN UP WAS UNEVENTFUL. MECHANIC RAN THE ENGINE AND HEARD THE SAME LOUD BANG. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BLEED AIR VALVE NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. MECHANIC WITH PARTS TO REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT. GAINED ACCESS TO BLEED VALVE. INSTALLED, TORQUED AND SAFETIED SERVICEABLE BLEED VALVE. CLOSED ACCESS. RAN AIRCRAFT, NO CHANGE, COMPRESSOR STILL STALLS. ADJUSTED BLEED VALVE PER P&W PT6 MM 75-30-00 (C) (1). SAFETIED AS REQUIRED. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.

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