Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
September 26, 2007
Submitted
September 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N294SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145497
Aircraft time
15,259 hours, 13,692 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
16,070 hours, 14,909 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
14538590401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

LGA TO IAD - DEPARTED LGA AT TAKEOFF POWER, AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL ENGINE NR 1 HAD AN ITT OF 950 DEGREES. WHEN ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED, ITT LOWERED, BUT WAS STILL AROUND 900 DEGREES. AT 1,000 FT AGL, RECEIVED FIRE WARNING INDICATION FOR ENGINE NR 1. ENGINE NR 1 WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE FIRE INDICATION QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED. RETURNED TO FIELD WITH UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND RAN ENGINE AND FOUND A CRACKED BLEED DUCT NEAR THE HIGH PRESSURE SWITCH. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CRACKED BLEED DUCT, PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENGINE RUNS AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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