Service difficulty report · Valve · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
April 23, 2013
Submitted
April 23, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N710FX
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0431
Aircraft time
6,718 hours, 8,394 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
1313213
Part serial
CAVIM12J0168
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 300
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

INSTALLED TKS SYS IAW SK208-174B. DURING FLOW CHECK, FOUND PROPORTIONING VALVE MALFUNCTIONING. INTERNAL CHECK VALVE INOP, LETTING FLUID IN LINES TO PANELS BLEED BACK INTO TANK. IAW OPS 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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