Service difficulty report · Valve · Dhav DHC8*

Difficulty date
September 14, 2001
Submitted
December 12, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8*
Engine
Pwa PW123
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF23
Part
Valve
Part number
153212A
Condition
Failed
Location
Deice System
Part time
10,616 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AN OPERATOR REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: IN FLIGHT THE FOLLOWING DE-ICE BOOTS ARE PARTIALLY INFLATED WITH THE SELECTOR OFF: LEFT NR 2, 3 & 4, RIGHT NR 4, DE-ICE PRESS 18 PSI. INBOARD DISTRIBUTING VALVE ON PORT WING CHANGED IAW. AMM 30-10-16.SINCE REPLACING THE LEFT-HAND INBOARD DE-ICE DISTRIBUTOR VALVE, THE DEFECT HAS NOT RE-OCCURRED.