Service difficulty report · Precooler · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
March 31, 2009
Submitted
April 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N372SK
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145538
Aircraft time
20,475 hours, 15,203 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
17,330 hours, 15,036 cycles
Part
Precooler
Part number
14530609401
Part serial
2094
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Bleed Sys
Part time
20,486 hours, 17,354 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, 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 5306, STL TO EWR. DURING CLIMB AT FL150 THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED LIGHT ICING. THE ANTI-ICING SYSTEM ACTIVATED NORMALLY THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CREW RECEIVED A BLEED 1 OVERTEMP MESSAGE ON EICAS. THE QRH WAS FOLLOWED AND IT WAS DECIDED TO RETURN TO STL. DURING THE RETURN TO STL THE BLEED 1 OVER-TEMP MESSAGE WENT AWAY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PRECOOLER FOR BLEED SYSTEM 1 AND THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED NORMALLY.

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