Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 17, 2016
Submitted
June 20, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N418NV
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49615
Aircraft time
56,905 hours, 47,829 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Dirty
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SINCE APU OPERATION WAS REQUIRED BY MEL, IT REMAINED RUNNING. ENGINES WERE RETARDED IAW THE GRH. THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED WHEN THE RT ENGINE WAS RETARDED TO IDLE. A LANDING WAS MADE WITH THE RT ENGINE AT IDLE. CLEANED TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH TEMP SENSORS IAW AMM 20-50-04 AND PERFORMED OPS CHECK IAW AMM 36-20-02. OPS CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME. C/W TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH TEMP CHECK IAW TC 21-059-005 WITH FLIR CAMERA PNEUMATIC PRESSURE ABOVE 23 PSI. NO DEFECTS NOTE AT THIS TIME.

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