Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
September 3, 2013
Submitted
September 5, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N266AS
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120188
Aircraft time
39,280 hours, 41,069 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Leaking
Location
Bleed Air
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED DURING CLIMBOUT, LT "DUCT LEAK" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LT BLEED AIR WAS SHUTOFF. AFTER 3 MINUTES LIGHT NEVER EXTINGUISHED. LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND THE SEAL FOR OVERBOARD EXHAUST RECEIVER ON THE LT DE-ICE PRESSURE REGULATOR BLOWN OUT ALLOWING THE HOT EXHAUST AIR INTO THE L/E FAIRING CAUSING THE LT DUCT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. PRESSURIZED LT DE-ICING SYS FOUND THAT THE PRESSURE REGULATOR, PN 38E96-5A WAS ALLOWING TOO MUCH EXHAUST AIR INTO THE RECEIVER CAUSING THE SEAL TO BLOW OUT. R & R THE LT DE-ICE PRESSURE REGULATOR. GROUND RUN LEFT ENGINE OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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