Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 4, 2011
Submitted
October 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N572FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48755
Aircraft time
51,554 hours, 9,167 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
14260535
Part serial
J81903
Condition
Damaged
Location
Anti Ice System
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

LEVEL 1 " ENG 2 A-ICE OFF" ALERT DISPLAYED AFTER TAKE-OFF CREW DEBREIF, LEVEL ONE "ENG 2 A/I OFF" ALERT REMAINED ON DURING FLIGHT, EXTINGUISHED UPON LANDING. INSPECTED OVERHEAT ELEMENTS SURROUNDING NR 2 ENGINE A/I DUCT VISUALLY, NO FAULT FOUND. FOUND EVIDENCE OF AIR LEAKAGE OF ANTIICE DUCT AT THE 3 O`CLOCK POSITION UNDERNEATH FAN COWL. DISASSEMBLED DUCT AND FOUND FLANGE OF DUCT CRACKED AROUND 2/3 OF CIRCUMFERENCE. POSTED PICS ON WEB. PART NIS ANC. R & R DUCT, NR 2 ENG A/I RT FWD IAW AMM 30-22-09-4-1. OPERATES NORMAL, NO ALERTS NOTED. FINAL CLOSED.

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