Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
October 19, 2014
Submitted
November 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440FL
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK289
Aircraft time
8,901 hours, 7,458 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
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

AIRCRAFT DIVERTED FOR UNCONTROLLABLE HEAT, WITH VISIBLE SMOKE IN COCKPIT. THE COCKPIT TEMP CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED. IT WAS ALSO NOTICED THAT THE TEMP CONTROL VALVE LINES WERE SWAPPED. LINES WERE ALSO INSTALLED IN CORRECT POSITION. OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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