Service difficulty report · Sense Line · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 11, 2011
Submitted
December 16, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N955AR
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48496
Aircraft time
62,394 hours, 16,467 cycles
Part
Sense Line
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

SOON AFTER T/O, BLEED AIR 2 & PAC 2 OFF LEVEL 1 ALERTS WERE DISPLAYED. PROCEEDED WITH FLT, NO FURTHER ISSUES. TEN MINUTES AFTER TOP OF CLIMB, BLEED AIR 3 TEMP WENT TO APPROX 260C & SHUT THE ASSOCIATED BLEED AIR 3 VALVE OFF. LEVEL 1 BLEED AIR 3 OFF ALERT WAS DISPLAYED. DECISION MADE TO RETURN TO AIRFIELD, APPROX 20K OF FUEL WAS DUMPED TO HAVE LANDING WT WITHIN LIMITS. LANDING MADE, WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. MX TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND 6 SENSE LINES DAMAGED/BROKEN/LEAKING. LINES REPLACED/REPAIRED. NR 3 PRESS RELIEF VALVE REPLACED DUE TO BEING STUCK CLOSED, NR 3 FAN AIR VALVE REPLACED, AND REPLACED O/PRESS VALVE DUE TO BEING INOP. RUN UP CHECK SATISFACTORY, A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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