What was found
LEFT PILOT SIDE, PROP DE-ICE GLOWING ORANGE WHEN IN USE. ACFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE, DUE ICING CONDITIONS. UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE. OBSERVED DAMAGED HEATING ELEMENT IN ON PROP BLADE DE-ICE BOOT. PROPELLER WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- November 23, 2015
- Submitted
- November 24, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117AX
- Make and model
- Beech 1900C
- Aircraft serial
- UC79
- Aircraft time
- 35,785 hours, 39,384 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A65B
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCB4MP3
- System (JASC)
- 3060 · Propeller/Rotor Anti-Ice/De-Ice System
- Part
- Heating Element
- Part number
- 4H256010
- Condition
- Overheated
- Location
- Prop De-Ice
- Part time
- 1,230 hours
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.