What was found
DURING AN APU CHANGE, FOUND A 2.5" CRACK IN THE BLEED AIR TUBE ATTACHMENT FLANGE. DISCOVERED VISUALLY AND THE CRACK DID NOT EXTEND INTO THE TUBE, NO BLEED AIR LEAK.
- Difficulty date
- December 21, 2012
- Submitted
- December 21, 2012
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N600QS
- Make and model
- Cessna 560XL
- Aircraft serial
- 5605664
- Aircraft time
- 5,220 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3610 · Pneumatic Distribution System
- Part
- Tube
- Part number
- 665560045
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bleed Air Sys
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.