# SDR QMLA2023103020098

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 28, 2023
- Submitted: October 30, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N129JW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N129JW), registered now
- Make and model: Pilats PC12
- Aircraft serial: 129
- Aircraft time: 8,750 hours, 11,001 cycles
- System (JASC): [3000 · Ice/Rain Protection System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3000)
- Part: Boot
- Part number: UNKNOWN
- Condition: Failed
- Location: De-Ice
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2023103020098

## Discrepancy

IN-FLIGHT DEICE BOOT FAILURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. HAD BOOTS ACTIVATED FOR 25MIN AND THEN RECEIVED A CAUTION THAT BOOTS HAD FAILED. RAN QRH AND BOOTS FAILED AGAIN. INSPECTION FOUND AN APPROX. 3 IN TEAR IN LOWER LEFT INBOARD.

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