Service difficulty report · Duct · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
February 21, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft time
5,578 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE3316252B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4TN5
Part
Duct
Condition
Melted
Location
Air Conditioning
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) IN CLIMB, THE TEMPERATURE IN THE CABIN WAS REALLY HOT. PILOT PUT TEMP CONTROL OFF AND BLOWER HIGH. THEN SMOKE APPEARED IN COCKPIT. PILOT CAME BACK AND LANDED IN ST-HUBERT. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE SYSTEM AND FOUND DUCT MELTED UNDER THE FLOOR. ALL RELEVANT DUCT WERE REPLACED, TSB AND WERE ADVISE AND ALL OF OUR FLEET WAS GROUNDED FOR FURTHER INSPECTION OF AIR CONDITIONING SYS.