Service difficulty report · Hose · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
August 6, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Part
Hose
Part number
174660DASH08
Condition
Pinched
Location
Oxygen Mask
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING POST TRAINING CHECK FOUND EMERGENCY OXYGEN LINE ON CO-PILOT SIDE PINCHED BETWEEN CO-PILOT SEAT BOTTOM STRUCTURE AND SEAT PAN RENDERING THE OXYGEN MASK INOPERATIVE DUE TO THE BLOCKED LINE. WHEN SEAT IS IN THE UP POSITION THE LINE IS CAUGHT ON THE LOWER STRUCTURE AND IF THE SEAT THEN IS LOWERED FOR PILOT REQUIRED SETTING, THE HOSE IS PINCHED. SEAT MOVEMENT IS NOT IMPAIRED BY THIS AND OXYGEN MASK REMAINS INSTALLED NORMALLY IN THE STOWING BRACKET. IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE NO OXYGEN FLOW DUE TO THE PINCHED LINE. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME LUXAIR MAINTENANCE OBSERVED IT AND CONTACTED DEHAVILLAND FOR A REROUTING OF THE CONCERNED HOSES SO THIS CANNOT HAPPEN ANYMORE. (TC# 20190828008)