Service difficulty report · Precooler · Cessna 525A

Difficulty date
April 28, 2014
Submitted
April 29, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N188JB
Make and model
Cessna 525A
Aircraft serial
525A0216
Aircraft time
2,645 hours, 2,167 cycles
Engine
Wilint FJ44
Part
Precooler
Part number
81612
Part serial
S4883T0438
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
2,645 hours, 2,167 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT, ENROUTE, OPERATING UNDER A PART 91, THE PILOT NOTICED AN ITT SPLIT OF AROUND 70 DEGREES BETWEEN THE LT & RT ENGINES, LT BEING ABNORMALLY HIGH. THE PILOT RETARDED THE LT ENGINE AND SHUTDOWN. ACFT DIVERTED. EVIDENCE WAS FOUND OF AN OVERHEAT IN THE LT PYLON AREA. ON CLOSER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LT BLEED AIR PRE-COOLER IN THE PYLON HAD RUPTURED.

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