Service difficulty report · Clamp · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
January 24, 2017
Submitted
January 30, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N574FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48499
Aircraft time
81,143 hours, 18,661 cycles
Part
Clamp
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Pnuematic Sys
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

AFTER TAKE OFF WITH AIR MANUAL AND ICING ANTICIPATED, ENGINE & WING ANTI-ICE WAS ON & ARMED. WHEN THE WING ANTI-ICE VALVE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN LEVEL 2 WING ANTI-ICE DISAGREE ILLUMINATED. NO LONGER IN ICING CONDITIONS, DESELECTED WING ANTI-ICE AND ALERT EXTINGUISHED. BACK INTO ICING CONDITIONS AND SAME SCENARIO RESULTED. THIS TIME NOTICED NR 3 BLEED CLOSED AND OPENED IT THINKING THAT WAS PROBLEM, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY LEVEL 3 AIR MANIFOLD 3 FAIL WHICH IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED WHEN NR 3 BLEED WAS CLOSED. DESELECTED WING ANTI-ICE AND NR 3 BLEED RETURNED TO NORMAL OPEN.NO FURTHER ALERTS. PSC-1 AND 2 SHOWED BOTH RT WING MANIFOLD FAIL LAST FLIGHT LEG, ESC SHOWED RT WING ANTI-ICE MANIFOLD FAIL ON FL-17. FOUND HEAVY BLEED LEAK ON CLAMP UPSTREAM NR 3 FLOW CONTROL VALVE, REPOSITIONED THE CLAMP PROPERLY IAW MM 21-51-01-02. COMPLIED WITH THE NR 3 PNEUMATIC DECAY TEST, PASSED IAW MM 36-00-01-05.

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