Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Israel GALAXY

Difficulty date
July 31, 2016
Submitted
August 2, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N812FT
Make and model
Israel GALAXY
Aircraft serial
019
Aircraft time
7,391 hours, 4,141 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3500920
Part serial
D1261
Condition
Faulted
Location
Bleed Air
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

THE CREW NOTED A RED LEFT "BLEED AIR LEAK" EICAS MESSAGE FOR AN ENGINE BLEED AIR LEAK. MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AT FLIGHT 350. CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURES TO SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN DUE TO THE "BLEED AIR LEAK" MESSAGE WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. CREW DID DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. TROUBLESHOOTING CONDUCTED BY MANUFACTURER REVEALED A FAULTY LEFT BLEED AIR LEAK DETECTION CONTROLLER UNIT. UNIT WAS REPLACED. ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS SATISFACTORY, WORK ACCOMPLISHED UNDER WO SC11021. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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