Service difficulty report · Coupling · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
April 25, 2018
Submitted
April 30, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N33182
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
14500909
Aircraft time
33,356 hours, 21,165 cycles
Part
Coupling
Condition
Damaged
Location
Dual Valve
Part time
36,835 hours, 28,553 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB, BETWEEN FL200 FL280, AN EICAS WARNING MESSAGE FOR ICE CON A/I INOPERATIVE. WHILE RUNNING THE CHECKLIST, THE MESSAGE DISAPPEARED. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE EICAS CAUTION MESSAGE E2N A/ICE FAIL, THEN NO ICE A/ICE ON APPEARED. WHILE RUNNING CHECKLISTS, GREY/WHITE THICK SMOKE FILLED FLIGHT DECK. FA CALLED AND SAID THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER FUSELAGE. WHILE RUNNING CHECKLIST, SMOKE DISSIPATED, NOISE STOPPED. COUPLING ON DUEL VALVE DAMAGED AND LEAKING. R & R THE DUEL VALVE COUPLING. R & R THE NR 1 ACM. OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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