Service difficulty report · Hose · Beech B200

Difficulty date
October 3, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft time
24,133 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Hose
Part number
131823H
Condition
Burned
Location
Vacuum Venturi
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED THROUGH 14,000 FT, CABIN WOULD START CLIMBING AT THE RATE OF 1000 FT PER MIN AT 20,500 FEET, IT WOULD START WORKING PROPERLY. ON INSPECTING THE VENTURI, IT WAS NOTED THAT BOTH LINES THAT GO FROM THE VENTURI TO THE TEST PORTS IN THE AISLE WAS FOUND BOTH BURNED OFF OVER AS PERIOD OF TIME. NEW HOSES WERE INSTALLED AND TESTED AND FOUND TO BE THE PROBLEM.

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