Service difficulty report · Line · Beech B300

Difficulty date
September 27, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft time
4,053 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Line
Part number
1019700623
Condition
Leaking
Location
Bleed Manifold
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOTS REPORTED RT BLEED AIR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT AND COULD NOT EXTINGUISH THE LIGHT. TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE RT BLEED AIR WARNING SYS WAS CONDUCTED AND A HOLE IN THE WARNING LINE WAS FOUND AT THE WARNING TUBE CONNECTION ON THE BLEED AIR MANIFOLD. LINE WAS TRIMMED AND RECONNECTED AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE CONDUCTED WITH NO FURTHER FAULTS. AN INSPECTION OF THE BLEED AIR MANIFOLD AREA WAS CONDUCTED AND NO EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING WAS FOUND.

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