Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Dhav DHC8301

Difficulty date
June 23, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8301
Engine
Pwa PW123
Part
Bleed Valve
Condition
Failed
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE APPLYING POWER FOR T/O, THE ENGINE REACHED 82 PERCENT TORQUE WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE DELIVERED 92 PERCENT. THE T/O WAS ABORTED, THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE RAMP AND THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. TROUBLESHOOTING LED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HANDLING BLEED VALVE AND SERVO VALVE AS WELL AS A SWAP FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF THE ENGINE ELECTRONIC CONTROL, CONNECTORS CLEANED AS WELL. THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. MFG WILL INVESTIGATE TO ESTABLISH ROOT CAUSE AND SUPPLEMENT THE REPORT ONCE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.