Service difficulty report · Wire · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
January 21, 2013
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N813AE
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145539
Aircraft time
26,657 hours, 23,727 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

ON FLIGHT 3240 THE CREW REPORTED THAT DURING FLIGHT THEY RECEIVED A NR 2 ENGINE BLEED LEAK MESSAGE. THE CREW FOLLOWED AOM VOL 1 PROCEDURES. THE MESSAGE DISAPPEARED AND THEN CAME BACK. THE CREW CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE AOM PROCEDURES WHICH LEAD THEM TO SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 ENGINE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO GGG. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. VERIFIED LEAK 2 ILLUMINATED ON BLEED 2 WITH NO BLEED AIR PRESENT ON AIRCRAFT, FOUND WIRE W772-0001 BROKEN OFF S7263 AND SHORTED TO GROUND. RE-ATTACHED WIRE TO S7263. THE OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS OK IAW WM 36-21-50. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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