Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
December 22, 2010
Submitted
December 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308AS
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
22002
Aircraft time
52,257 hours, 35,647 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D17R
Part
Duct
Part number
65456441
Condition
Cracked
Location
Anti Ice System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM WHEN THE WING ANTI-ICE WAS TURNED ON, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY A SPIKE IN THE ACFT PRESSURIZATION AND THE LOWER AFTER BODY HEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT DIVERTED AND MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE DUCT CRACKED AND SEPARATED AT THE FLANGE JUST FWD OF THE AFT BULKHEAD. THE DUCT AND CLAMP WERE REPLACED, OP CHECKS PERFORMED, AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.