Service difficulty report · Duct · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
January 30, 2015
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft time
5,874 hours
Part
Duct
Part number
30006741
Condition
Overheated
Location
Enviromental Sys
Part time
5,857 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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) DURING DEPARTURE OF THE ACFT FROM MAIN BASE, THE PILOTS OF THE B300 ACFT RETURNED REPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL FUMES WERE PRESENT IN THE CABIN. MX INITIATED TROUBLESHOOTING & INSPECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM. THEY REPLACED ENVIRONMENTAL SYS DUCTS PN 300-0674-1, 300-0675-1 & 300-0676-1 WITH SERVICEABLE UNITS. PN 300-0674-1 SHOWED EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING. THE CABIN DUCT TEMP THERMISTOR PN 300-0751-1 & THE COCKPIT TEMP THERMISTOR PN 300-0565-2 WERE FOUND TO BE OUT OF RANGE, UNSERVICEABLE, & REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNITS, THE TEMP CONTROLLER PN 300-0750-3 WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTION AND SYSTEM CHECKS WERE COMPLETED IAW CHAPTER 21 OF THE MM. SYS CHECKED SERVICEABLE & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO OPERATIONAL SERVICE.