Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
June 4, 2011
Submitted
June 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N286SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145443
Aircraft time
24,991 hours, 20,367 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
21,337 hours, 16,479 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
14521182409
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, AT APPROXIMATELY 7,000FT, RECEIVED AN ENGINE 1 BLEED LEAK MESSAGE. FOLLOWED THE QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK AND ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER THE MESSAGE WENT AWAY. THE CREW RETURNED TO KIAH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON CALL MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE ITEM. SDF MAINTENANCE FOUND THE BLEED DUCT AT JOINT 19 TO BE CRACKED AND REPLACED THE DUCT. OPERATIONAL CHECKS AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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