Service difficulty report · Precooler · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
August 31, 2010
Submitted
September 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N270SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145304
Aircraft time
24,639 hours, 23,140 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
19,476 hours, 16,904 cycles
Part
Precooler
Part number
14530609401
Part serial
2077
Condition
Leaking
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
26,650 hours, 21,362 cycles
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

ON CLIMB OUT FROM MKE, THE CREW REPORTED A BLEED 2 LEAK MESSAGE ON EICAS. THE QRH WAS FOLLOWED AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO MKE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE FAULT, THE NR 2 PRECOOLER WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LEAKING CORE AND WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER LEAKS NOTED.

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