Service difficulty report · Heater · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
December 3, 2005
Submitted
December 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N366PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
510
Aircraft time
16,656 hours, 23,882 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW123D
System (JASC)
7312 · Fuel Heater
Part
Heater
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

SEA FLIGHT NR 2256 AT CRUISE, NR 2 FUEL TEMP 45 DEGREES AND SLOWLY RISING. IN DESCENT TEMP REACHED 54 DEGREES. RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND THE AUX PUMP COOLED IT TO 50 DEGREES AND IT THEN CONTINUED TO RISE REACHING THE RED RADIAL AT LANDING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 2 FUEL HEATER THERMAL ELEMENT. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.