Service difficulty report · Mixing Valve · Frchld SA227CC

Difficulty date
January 23, 2020
Submitted
January 29, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N240DH
Make and model
Frchld SA227CC
Aircraft serial
AT602B
Aircraft time
28,369 hours, 23,704 cycles
Part
Mixing Valve
Part number
BYLB504371
Part serial
1212
Condition
Defective
Location
Acm
Part time
4,349 hours, 3,096 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

DURING INITIAL CLIMB FROM DFW, AFTER TURNING ON BLEED AIR VALVES, THE COCKPIT BECAME VERY HOT, EVEN THOUGH THE SYSTEM WAS SET AT THE LOWEST SETTING. TEMP SELECTOR SWITCH WAS RECYCLED THROUGH ALL POSITIONS AND CONTROL KNOB WAS KEPT AT LOWEST SETTING, BUT COCKPIT KEPT GETTING HOTTER AND A HAZE STARTED TO FORM, BURNING SMELL AND THEN THERE WAS SMOKE. THE PILOT PUT ON THE OXYGEN MASK AND TRIED TURNING BLEED AIR OFF AND ON WITH NO SUCCESS. PILOT CONTACTED DEPARTURE AND REQUESTED RETURNING TO DFW. WHILE ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, PILOT FOLLOWED AN SOP, RAN CHECKLISTS, AND LANDED WITHOUT AN INCIDENT. DFW MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE BLEED SYSTEM AND FOUND LEFT ACM MIXING VALVE FAILED IN THE OPEN POSITION AND POSSIBLE LEFT DUCT TEMP SENSOR FAILURE. REMOVED AND REPLACED ACM MIXING VALVE AND DUCT TEMP SENSOR. GROUND RUN AND OPERATIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY.