Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
December 1, 2008
Submitted
December 4, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N424QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4006
Aircraft time
17,246 hours, 14,048 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
304768306
Part serial
276
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1
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

PDX- ON CLIMB THRU 7000', NR 1 PROP SUDDENLY INCREASED TO 1020 RPM. AFTER RESETTING TO 850 RPM IT WAS NOTICED A 4 PERCENT TRQ SPLIT AND INCREASING WITH ALT APPEARED NR 1 BLEED MAY NOT BE WORKING. NO CAUTION LIGHTS OR MESSAGES NOTICED. RETURNED TO FIELD AND ACCOMPLISHED A UNEVENTFUL LANDING. REMOVED AND REPLACED P 2.2 BLEED VALVE POWER ASSURANCE RUNS CHECK GOOD. RETURNED TO SERVICE.