Service difficulty report · Seal · Bag BAE146200A

Difficulty date
August 20, 2025
Submitted
August 27, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
NI6R011N
Neptune Aviation Services Inc
Aircraft
N470NA
Make and model
Bag BAE146200A
Aircraft serial
E2049
Aircraft time
39,820 hours, 55,454 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
CPL232
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENROUTE TO THE BEULAH INCIDENT, APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES EAST OF HIF, THE PYLON 3 OVHT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE MWP. THE ENGINES WERE SET TO CLIMB THRUST OF 800 TGT WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON. WE COMPLETED THE QRH PROCEDURE FOR PYLON OVERHEAT AND TURNED TOWARD THE NEAREST JETTISON AREA. THE QRH PROCEDURE DIRECTED THAT WE COULD CONTINUE ENGINE OPERATION AT A RESTRICTED THRUST SETTING TO KEEP THE CAPTION OUT. WE LEFT THE ENGINE AT FLIGHT IDLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. WE NOTIFIED DISPATCH AND HILL TANKER BASE. WE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH HIF TOWER AND SALT LAKE APPROACH. JETTISON AND LANDING WERE NORMAL AND UNEVENTFUL. LOCATED AIR LEAKAGE FROM AN UNSEATED DUCT AND LOOSE V-BAND CLAMPS BOTH UPSTREAM & DOWNSTREAM OF THE BLEED AIR COOLER ON PYLON#3. REPLACED V-BAND (P/N: B38C37) ON FWD END OF VENTURI DUCT CONNECTOR AND REPLACE BOTH CRUSH SEALS & UPSTREAM PERI SEALS (P/N 706-3-250) AT BLEED AIR COOLER ATTACHMENT COUPLING DURING REASSEMBLY OF DISTURBED DUCTING. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO LEAKS NOTED.