Service difficulty report · Duct · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
September 3, 2007
Submitted
October 24, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft time
35,581 hours
Engine
Pwa PW123
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF*
Part
Duct
Part number
16673301
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) CABIN PACK REPORTED AS UNCONTROLLABLE AT LOW POWER SETTINGS. MAINTENANCE GROUND RUNS NOTED NON SUPPLY OF BLEED AIR AT FLIGHT IDLE SETTINGS, ALSO NOTED BLEED AIR LEAK FROM CEILING OF ACM COMPARTMENT. ACCESS GAINED TO INTERNAL OF DORSAL FIN AND FOUND BLEED AIR DUCT P/N 16673-301 CONNECTS TO FUSELAGE DUCT, CRACKED AND SPLIT OPEN APPROX HALF OF ITS DIAMETER. DUCT REPLACED, GROUND RUNS COMPLETED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. PART IS CONSIDERED AS AN EXPENDABLE AND TIMES NOT TRACKED. AIRFRAME TIMES 36419HR/51123CY (TC NR 20070905011)