Service difficulty report · Monitor · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 17, 2011
Submitted
February 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N438QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4243
Aircraft time
2,851 hours, 3,148 cycles
Part
Monitor
Part number
4100S01806
Part serial
0145
Condition
Failed
Location
De Ice System
Part time
3,339 hours, 3,902 cycles
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

WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH APPROX 23,000 FT, -25 C, ICING CONDITIONS USING BOOTS GOT DEICE PRESS CAUTION LIGHT. PRESSURE APPEARED GOOD ON GAUGE, BOOTS CYCLING. RAN ENG CHECKLIST, TURNED BOOTS TO MANUAL. AFTER RESET CAUTION LIGHT REOCCURED. LT BOOTS ON, DESCENDED OUT OF ICE IMMEDIATELY IAW EMG CHECKLIST. RETURNED TO THE FIELD. LANDED UNEVENTFUL. INTERROGATED CDS, NO FAULTS FOUND. PERFORMED GVI OF L/E NO DEFECTS NOTED. GROUND RAN ENGINES AND PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE AIRFRAME PNEUMATIC DEICING SYS IAW AMM 30-11-00-720-801, CYCLED PNEUMATIC SYS IN FAST, SLOW, AND MANUAL VARIOUS TIMES FOR 25 MIN AS A PRECAUTION IAW MX CONTROL. R & R TIMER MONITOR UNIT IAW AMM TASK 30-11-01-000-801, AND 30-11-01-400-801. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.