Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
May 31, 2010
Submitted
June 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N275SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145345
Aircraft time
23,905 hours, 19,492 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
22,079 hours, 18,839 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
14521182407
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 8,000FT, A BLEED 1 LEAK MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON EICAS. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH AND RETURNED TO IAH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHILE INSPECTING THE BLEED 1 SYSTEM FOR LEAKS, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE T DUCT FROM THE BLEED VALVE TO APU CRACKED AND BLEED JOINT 9 LEAKING. THE T DUCT WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE O-RING AT JOINT 9.

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