Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
May 11, 2013
Submitted
June 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N757XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500257
Aircraft time
6,820 hours, 3,533 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Part number
GR090432
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Zone 500
Part time
6,820 hours, 3,533 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

WING ANTI-ICE HOT LT CAS MESSAGE CYCLES WHEN SELECTED ON IN CRUISE FLIGHT. A DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, WING TEMPERATURE SENSOR SYS SHOWED NO ABNORMALITIES. WING L/E WAS REMOVED AND SHOP AIR WAS USED TO PRESSURIZE THE L/E. A LARGE LEAK AT THE LANDING LIGHT PICCOLO BELL MOUTH TUBE WAS FOUND. TEMP SENSOR TR003 IS MOUNTED BEHIND WHERE THE BLEED LEAK WAS FOUND. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BLEED AIR SUPPLY DUCT STANDOFF FLANGE O-RING SEAL AND THE LANDING LIGHT PICCOLO TUBE O-RING SEAL HAD DETERIORATED OVER TIME INTRODUCING BLEED AIR ONTO THE TEMP SENSOR. THE DUCT SUPPORT CLAMP BECAME LOSE OVER TIME AND ALLOWED THE DUCT TO MIGRATE AND CHAFE AGAINST STRUCTURE. ACFT HAS ACCUMULATED OVER 6800 FLIGHT HOURS AND IT IS LIKELY THAT MOST AIRPLANES WILL ENCOUNTER THIS SAME ISSUE UPON REACHING 6000 HOURS. BELIEVE THAT REPLACING ALL O-RING SEALS BEHIND THE L/E AT 6000 HOURS WILL REDUCE A WING HOT CAS MESSAGE FROM POSTING. DOWNTIME WILL BE REDUCED IF THIS INSPECTION IS COMPLIED WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INSPECTION DOCUMENT 10 SINCE THE L/E WILL BE REMOVED FOR THE INSPECTION. THE WING L/E WAS REASSEMBLED WITH NEW SEALS. OPS CHECKS WERE NORMAL AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

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