Service difficulty report · Water Separator · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
August 12, 2006
Submitted
August 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417LX
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK230
Aircraft time
6,258 hours, 5,186 cycles
Part
Water Separator
Part number
8084928
Part serial
NA
Condition
Blocked
Location
Acm
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

KATL - KBED DURING FLIGHT AT A REDUCED POWER SETTING OF 88% N1 A PASSENGER REPORTED SMELLING SMOKE IN THE CABIN AREA. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE CREW AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO KRDU WHEN AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE COALESCER SOCK AND PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS WITH VARIOUS BLEED AIR SETTINGS WHILE CYCLING THE WING ANTI-ICE SYSTEM. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. A SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED FOR THE SMOKE ODOR, BUT DURING THE FLIGHT THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE LOW LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE ICE WAS TURNED ON. MAINTENANCE SWAPPED THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE INLET ANTI-ICE VALVES, AND FOUND THE CANNON PLUG FOR THE RIGHT ANTI-ICE VALVE

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