Service difficulty report · Wire · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
April 5, 2010
Submitted
April 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N382SK
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145624
Aircraft time
21,035 hours, 15,198 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
18,129 hours, 15,822 cycles
Part
Wire
Part number
W77200124
Condition
Broken
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED A BLEED 2 LEAK MESSAGE AFTER TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO STL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND A BROKEN WIRE ON THE TEMP SENSOR NEAR THE ENGINE START GROUND PNEUMATIC CONNECTION. THE WIRE WAS INTERMITTENTLY GROUNDING OUT AND CAUSING A FALSE BLEED LEAK MESSAGE. WIRE W772-0001-24 WAS SOLDERED BACK ONTO THE THERMAL SWITCH IAW EMB SWPM 20-30-00 WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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