Service difficulty report · Exhaust Nozzle · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
June 8, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N425JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3037
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Exhaust Nozzle
Part number
001A781A1430000
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED, A RIGHT HAND ENGINE INLET DE-ICE FAILURE ON APPROACH TO PIT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY PIT MX IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE MOUNT FLANGE ON THE EXHAUST NOZZLE HAD FAILED ALLOWING HOT EXHAUST GASES TO ESCAPE INTO THE AFT ZONE OF THE ENGINE NACELLE. THESE HOT GASES DAMAGED THE ENGINE INLET DE-ICE EJECTOR FLOW CONTROL VALVE, RENDERING IT INOPERATIVE. PIT MX REPLACED THE RT EXHAUST NOZZLE IAW MM 78-11-00. ALSO, REPLACED THE EFCV CONDUCTED A THROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE AFT NACELLE COULD FIND NO FURTHER EXHAUST GAS HEAT RELATED COMPONE.