Service difficulty report · Drain Mast · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
December 12, 2015
Submitted
December 16, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4086
Aircraft time
28,643 hours, 29,353 cycles
Part
Drain Mast
Part number
4E31601
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PREPARING TO TAXI, AS THE PROPS CAME UP TO SPEED AND THE ACFT GENERATORS CAME ON-LINE, GROUND CREW FRANTICALLY SIGNALED TO CUT ENGINES. YANKED FUEL LEVERS TO FUEL CUT-OFF. CONSULTED WITH GROUND CREW, THEY SAID THE ACFT WAS THROWING SPARKS OFF OF ITS BELLY FROM THE AREA ABEAM THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, APPROXIMATELY. GROUND RAN ACFT, NO SPARKS, BUT HAD HOT PLASTIC ODOR IN FORWARD CABIN. INSPECTED FWD NOSE FUSELAGE, NLG AREA, ACFT BELLY. NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS NOTED. RAN ENGINES WITH CREW AND CONFIRMED ODOR BY FLIGHT CREW BETWEEN MCD AND FLIGHT DECK. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AREA REPORTED ODOR DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS DEFECTS. INSPECTED AREA AND FOUND THE FWD LAV DRAIN MAST TO HAVE SOME DAMAGE IN THE AREA OF THE HEATING ELEMENT AND THE CB FOR THE MAST TO BE OPEN. R & R DRAIN MAST. GROUND RAN ACFT ENGINES AT MIN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. NO SMOKE OR SPARKS, ODOR NOTED. REF AMM TASK 38-32-00-000-801 AND 38-32-00-400-801. OPS CHECK GOOD. RETURNED TO SERVICE.