Service difficulty report · Plenum · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
May 11, 2009
Submitted
June 16, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
7,335 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Plenum
Part number
1015501472
Condition
Separated
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
7,547 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) FLIGHT CREW INFORMED MX THAT THE ACFT WAS PRESSURIZING ON THE GROUND. MX FOUND THE VACUUM LINE TO THE OUTFLOW VALVE WAS MELTED. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE MELTED TUBE FOUND TO BE AN AIR PLENUM ASSY, DEFLECTOR HAD BECOME SEPARATED AND ALLOWED HOT AIR TO BE DEFLECTED AT THE PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER LINE. MX REATTACHED THE DEFLECTOR AND REPLACED THE CONTROLLER LINE.