Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 7, 2009
Submitted
December 10, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422FL
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK346
Aircraft time
5,018 hours, 4,408 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Frozen
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

ON CLIMB OUT, AFTER TAKEOFF, CREW REPORTED VIBRATION FELT THROUGHOUT THE ACFT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY. MX PERFORMED ENG RUNS AND ENG OPS CHECKS, CHECKED ALL FLIGHT CONTROL RIGGING, AND PERFORMED LANDING GEAR OPS AND VISUAL CHECKS BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY ON THE GROUND. HOWEVER, MX VERIFICATION FLIGHT CONFIRMED THE EXISTANCE OF THE VIBRATION. MX FOUND THE COALESCER SOCK FROZEN. UPON REPLACEMENT OF THE SOCK AND SUBSEQUENT MX VERIFICATION FLIGHT, THE NOISE WENT AWAY.

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