Service difficulty report · Tube · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
October 15, 2009
Submitted
October 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N82539
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE168
Aircraft time
29,136 hours, 38,028 cycles
Part
Tube
Part number
5052003514
Condition
Broken
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, UPON EXTENDING LANDING GEAR THERE WERE EXTREMELY LOUD GEAR GRINDING NOISES, IT TOOK APPROX 15 SECONDS FOR THE GEAR TO FULLY EXTEND. THE GEAR MOTOR SEEMED TO BE RUNNING IN INTERMITTENT SEGMENTS, THE RT MAIN EXTENDED FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE LT MAIN AND NOSE. FOUND SUPPLY BLEED AIR TUBE BROKEN AT AIR FILTER CHECK VALVE. REPLACED TUBE ASSY. OPS CHECK GOOD.

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