Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
January 13, 2011
Submitted
January 14, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N571RP
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145827
Aircraft time
15,745 hours, 13,607 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
17,783 hours, 14,425 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
14504741411
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

CREW REPORTED A BLEED 2 LEAK MESSAGE AFTER TAKEOFF. THE QRH WAS FOLLOWED AND AFTER CLOSING THE NR 2 BLEED, THE MESSAGE CLEARED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO JFK AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DUCT AND JOINT AT THE GROUND AIR CONNECTION LEAKING. THE O-RINGS AND DUCT AT THE GROUND AIR CONNECTION WERE REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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