Service difficulty report · Duct · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
January 30, 2011
Submitted
February 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N237MJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
237
Aircraft time
41,595 hours, 46,633 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Broken
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RIGHT AFTER ROTATION, CLIMBING THROUGH 600FT, CREW NOTICED LEFT ENGINE ITT FLUCTUATING. TEMPERATURE INDICATION EXCEEDED NORMAL LIMITS AND WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO IAD. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND MECHANICS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED. FOUND LEFT P3 DUCT BROKEN IN 2, INSTALLED NEW P3 DUCT. PERFORMED RUNS OPS CHECKED GOOD. REPLACED LOWER COWL DUE TO HEAT FROM DUCT BURNING COWL.

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