SDR SWIA201540600

Service difficulty report · Potable Water · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date: January 14, 2015
Submitted: January 27, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N124SY
Make and model: Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial: 17000439
Aircraft time: 373 hours, 173 cycles
System (JASC): 3810 · Potable Water System
Part: Potable Water
Condition: Leaking
Location: Cargo Bay
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: K, F
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, LEFT AILERONS JAMMED. DISCONNECTED THE AILERON CONTROLS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. FORWARD POTABLE WATER SYSTEM HAD LEAKED, FLOODING THE BELLY UNDER THE FWD CARGO BAY. THE WATER HAD ENCAPSULATED THE CAPTAIN`S AILERON CABLES AND THEN FROZEN. THAWED THE CABLES, REMOVED THE WATER AND REPAIRED THE LEAK. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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