Service difficulty report · Anti-Ice Valve · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 23, 2018
Submitted
January 2, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N658AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145760
Aircraft time
37,508 hours, 32,697 cycles
Part
Anti-Ice Valve
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PNEUMATIC A/I TEST FAIL ON GROUND. WING A/I FAIL EICAS MSG ON BOTH 1 & 2 ON MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. C/A-T/S PER FIM TASK 30-11-00-810-805. RAR WING ANTI ICING ASSYMETRY PRESS TRANS IAW AMM 30-11-13-000-801-A & 30-11-13-400-801-A. OPC GOOD AND FOUND ACCESS PANEL 192AR OK TO CLOSE. END PERFORMED PNEUMATIC A/I TEST IN AIR GOT WG A/ICE FAIL EICAS MSG. FOUND MULTIPLE OCCURANCES OF CMC MESSAGE WING A/ICE ASYMMETRY. PERFORMED FIM TASK 30-11-00-810-805-A BLOCK DIAGRAM 002. FOUND RT WING TO FAIL WING THERMAL ANTI-ICING SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TEST. RT WING A/I VALVE OUTLET ONLY INDICATED 9.5 PSI. (SHOULD BE 19.5 +/- 1.5). REPLACED RT WING ANTI-ICING VALVE IAW AMM TASKS 30-11-01-000-801-A & 30-11-01-400-801-A. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST AGAIN AND FOUND VALVE OUTLET PRESSURE TO HAVE INCREASED TO 11.5 PSI BUT STILL BELOW LIMITATIONS. REPLACED RT WING A/I VALVE & PICCOLO TUBE COUPLINGS OF RT WING. OPS CHECK IAW 30-00-00-700-802-A GOOD. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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