Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
September 11, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Aircraft time
10,520 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
30244
Condition
Cracked
Location
Brake Sys
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING BRAKE REPLACEMENT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE BLEEDER VALVE SEAT ON THE NEWLY O/H ASSY WAS CRACKED. IT WAS ALSO NOTICED THAT THE O-RING ON THE FLUID SUPPLY FITTING, ELBOW, WAS ASSEMBLED ON THE THREADED PORTION NOT THE SMOOTH GLAD AREA AND THAT THE O-RING WAS TORN.