Service difficulty report · Boot · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 18, 2018
Submitted
February 20, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4348
Aircraft time
15,817 hours, 16,799 cycles
Part
Boot
Condition
Leaking
Location
De-Ice Sys
Part time
107,127 hours, 107,670 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

DE-ICE PRESSURE CAUTION ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. ALL BOOT SECTIONS APPEAR TO INFLATE NORMALLY. DE-ICE PRESSURE INDICATES NORMAL. DEICE PRESSURE CAUTION REMAINED ON AFTER CHECKLIST COMPLETED. DIVERTED, AND LANDING UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE AIRFRAME DE-ICING SYSTEM IAW AMM 30-11-00-720-801. OPS TESTED GOOD. NO CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO RELATED FAULTS IN THE CDS. PERFORMED GVI OF ALL DE-ICE BOOTS WHILE THEY WERE BEING INFLATED. FOUND A HOLE IN THE LT INBOARD DE-ICE BOOT. REPAIRED THE LT INBD BOOT IAW AMM 30-11-00-300-802. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TMU AS A PRECAUTION IAW AMM 30-11-00-01-000-801, AND 30-11-01-400-801. OPS CHECKED GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.