Service difficulty report · Valve · Bombdr DHC8401

Difficulty date
December 1, 2002
Submitted
December 4, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N409QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8401
Aircraft serial
4051
Aircraft time
2,527 hours, 3,037 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
4100S00501
Part serial
0168
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Deice System
Part time
74 hours, 81 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

PDX-MASTER CAUTION DEICE PRESS CAUTION LIGHT. LIGHTS FAIL TO ILLUMINATE ON OUTBOARD 2 SEGMENTS OF LEFT WING AND BOOTS VISUALLY DO NOT INFLATE. BULBS TEST OK. CREW DID NOT WANT TO ENTER ICING CONDITIONS AT GEG AND ELECTED TO DIVERT TO PDX. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT PDX. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 DUAL DISTRIBUTOR VALVE. DEICE BOOTS INFLATE NORMAL DURING DEICE SYSTEM TESTS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.