Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 26, 2015
Submitted
August 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N886GA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49931
Aircraft time
49,988 hours, 34,902 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Blown
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

JUST AFTER DEPARTURE THE CREW RECEIVED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH ANNUNCIATOR. THE CREW FINISHED THE MEMORY ITEMS & STARTED EXECUTING QRH 21.4 TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH CHECKLIST. THE NEXT STEP AFTER THE MEMORY ITEMS IS TO PULL ONE THROTTLE BACK AT A TIME UNTIL THE LIGHT GOES OUT. IT DID NOT GO OUT AFTER PULLING THE LT THROTTLE BACK, INSTEAD THE LT OIL TEMP INCREASED & SPIKED AT 147C WITH THE ASSOCIATED CAUTION LIGHT. DECLARED AN EMER & RETURNED. THE TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH ANNUNCIATOR WENT OUT BETWEEN 3 TO 5 MINUTES AFTER IT CAME ON. R & R SEE LOGPAGE 611960, FOUND INSULATION ON SENSOR CLEANED INSULATION SEE LOGPAGE 611958, FOUND & REPAIRED BLOWN DUCT ON ACM SEE LOGPAGE 611959. ALL SYS OPERATE NORMALLY AMM 21-51-00.

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