Service difficulty report · Valve · Bombdr BD7001A10

Difficulty date
December 9, 2018
Submitted
December 11, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N148QS
Make and model
Bombdr BD7001A10
Aircraft serial
9648
Aircraft time
4,218 hours, 1,487 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hot Water Vent
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AVIONICS BAY SMOKE RED EICAS ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SMOKE OR ELECTRICAL FIRE IN AVIONICS BAY, PERFORMED DETAILED GVI AND NOTED SOME RESIDUAL WATER IN AVIONICS BAY FLOORBOARD. LOOKED FOR SOURCE OF WATER LEAK, UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE OF WATER POWERED UP AC AND WATER SYSTEM, MONITORED AVIONICS BAY, NO EVIDENCE OF WATER OR E-FIRE WITH AC POWER ON. IN THE GALLEY NOTED RESIDUAL WATER AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE SINK AND OPENED UP GALLEY TRASH, NOTED EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER, LOCATED THE LEAK SOURCE TO BE INSTA HOT WATER VENT VALVE, SUSPECTED WATER LEAKED FROM GALLEY TO AVIONICS BAY WHICH MOST OF THE WATER FOUND CONCERTRATED RIGHT BELOW GALLEY AREA. SPOKE WITH FSR AND HE CONCURS AT THIS TIME. UPDATED MCC, PURGED WATER SYSTEM. NO FURTHER MAINTENACE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF AVIONICS BAY SMOKE IAW GL-6000 AMM 26-14-01 OPS CHECK SATISFACTORY.