Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
February 25, 2008
Submitted
February 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N288SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145461
Aircraft time
17,371 hours, 14,145 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
6,654 hours, 5,584 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
14504743411
Part serial
UNKNOWN
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Bleed
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IAH TO STL - THE CREW RECEIVED A BLEED 1 LEAK MESSAGE DURING CLIMB AND RETURNED TO FIELD AT IAH. MAINTENANCE SECURED THE BLEED 1 SYSTEM CLOSED AND DEFERRED THE NR 1 BLEED SYSTEM. ON THE 26TH MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE BLEED SYSTEM AND FOUND A LEAK COMING FROM THE LEFT UPPER T-DUCT IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE T-DUCT AND THERE WERE NO FURTHER BLEED LEAKS NOTED.

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