Service difficulty report · Duct · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 16, 2004
Submitted
December 20, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N753TA
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK230
Aircraft time
4,995 hours, 4,077 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Leaking
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
G

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

What was found

CLIMBING TO 10,000 FT, LT BLEED AIR DUCT FAIL ANNUNCIATOR HAD ILLUMINATED. ENG THRUST REDUCED, AND CABIN PRESSURIZATION SOURCE TURNED OFF. TWO MINS LATER COCKPIT & CABIN HAD FILLED WITH SMOKE FOLLOWED BY EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION VALVE OPENING. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS & GOGGLES AS SMOKE HAD BECOME FAIRLY THICK. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED & AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MX FOUND A Y-DUCT ON LEFT SIDE TO BE MISALIGNED AND LEAKING. A NEW SEAL WAS INSTALLED ON THE OUTBOARD DUCT AT THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE ABOVE THE PYLONS. THE EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. A NEW VALVE WAS INSTALLED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE NORMAL. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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