Service difficulty report · Valve · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
March 29, 2013
Submitted
April 2, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N863FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B2186
Aircraft time
11,963 hours, 13,438 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
1313213
Part serial
CAVIM12D0190
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 300
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING FLOW CHECK, FOUND PROPORTIONING VALVE MALFUNTIOINING. INTERNAL CHECK VALVE INOP LETTING FLUID IN LIINES TO PANELS BLEED BACK INTO TANK. PER OPERATIONAL CHECK, THE CHECK CAN BE DONE 3 TIMES. THE VALVE FAILED EACH TIME. REPLACED VALVE WITH ANOTHER NEW VALVE WHICH THEN PASSED THE FLOW CHECK. THIS IS THE PROPORTIONING VALVE IN THE AFT FUSELAGE THAT FEEDS THE STABILIZER PANELS.

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