Service difficulty report · Valve · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
May 3, 2005
Submitted
May 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N352PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
494
Aircraft time
17,684 hours, 25,464 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW126A
Engine time
4,323 hours, 6,447 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Sticking
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PDX - AFTER TAKEOFF WITH BLEEDS ON AND HEAT IN A WARM SETTING, COULD SMELL ODOR AND SMOKE DETECTOR IN LAVATORY WENT OFF, FLIGHT ATTENDANT RESET ALARM ONCE, SMOKE DETECTOR CAME BACK ON. TURNED HEAT DOWN, ODOR WENT AWAY AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT RESET AGAIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND NR 1 P2.5 SWITCHING VALVE COCKED UP AND STICKING. REPLACED PER MTC 9723001, REPLACED NR 2 P2.5 SWITCHING VALVE IAW MTC 972301. GROUND RAN BOTH ENGINES ONE BLEED ON, TO MAX HEAT, AT A TIME. NO SMOKE OR SMELL IN CABIN, AND RETURN TO FULL COLD AUTO, SYSTEM CHECKS NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.