Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
August 23, 2001
Submitted
September 5, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft time
2,356 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Control Valve
Part number
9599020135
Condition
Seized
Location
Temp Control
Part time
3,783 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER STARTUP THE PILOT SELECTED COOL SETTING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM (ECS). THE SYSTEM BLEW COOL AIR FOR APPROX 25 SECONDS, THEN BLEW HOT AIR. AFTER APPROX 1 MINUTE THE SYSTEM SHUTDOWN AND AN AMBER LIGHT INDICATING ECS FAILURE APPEARED ON THE CAWS DISPLAY. THE SYSTEM AND DETERMINED THAT THE TEMP CONTROL VALVE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE PART AND RUNUP, THE SYSTEM WORKED NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.