Service difficulty report · Boot · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
October 23, 2002
Submitted
December 2, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft time
10,170 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Part
Boot
Part number
50389028
Condition
Burned
Location
Engine Inlet
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE AND WAS ENTERING ICING CONDITIONS. CREW TURNED ON ALL DEICING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING ENGINE INLET DEICE BOOTS. AFTER APPROX 5 MIN, AN ODOR WAS DETECTED IN THE COCKPIT AND ENGINE INLET DEICERS WERE TURNED OFF. ODOR DISAPPEARED AND PILOTS CONTINUED WITH NO PROBLEMS. UPON INSPECT OF INLET DEICERS, RT INLET BOOT WAS BURNED AND ELEMENTS EXPOSED. ENGINE COWL WAS REMOVED AND BOOT REMOVED, EXPOSING FIBERGLASS LEADING EDGE OF THE INLET. INSPECT REVEALED THE DUCT WAS EXPOSED TO HEAT ALONG HALF OF LEADING EDGE OF COWL. A NEW INLET DEICE BOOT INSTALLED. SYSTEM CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE TESTED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.