Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
March 28, 2008
Submitted
April 1, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N267SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145268
Aircraft time
20,298 hours, 16,299 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
18,000 hours, 13,634 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Part number
40303925SD
Condition
Blown
Location
Bleed Air Sys
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

FLIGHT 5984 -JAX TO CLE - DURING CLIMB, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A BLEED 1 LEAK MESSAGE AND RETURNED TO JAX AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND SEVERAL PANELS IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT THAT WERE ABNORMALLY WARM, AND THE SOURCE WAS FOUND TO BE THE O-RING AT JOINT 19 WHICH HAD BLOWN OUT BEHIND THOSE PANELS. MAINTENANCE THEN REPLACED THE O-RING AND RECONNECTED THE BLEED DUCTS AND THE BLEED SYSTEM, OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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