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Printed page 212. PDF page 232.

30.8 of the MEL could be consulted when faced with a situation in which the RAT probe heater is energized on the ground. Another possible interpretation of an inoperative element is based on the idea that this only occurs when
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Printed page 217. PDF page 237.

only consider directly applicable item 30.8 for the situation in which the RAT probe heater is energized on the ground. Based on the information gathered, this was the actual scenario that occurred. After reading the MEL, maintenance personnel interpreted that
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Printed page 232. PDF page 252.

probe heater not being energized in flight, but did not consider the case in which the heater is energized on the ground, as happened with the accident airplane. 63. The ATLB entries often described only the basic details of the
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Printed page 40. PDF page 60.

Report A-032/2008 flowing through the probe heater, and that therefore the fault described by the crew could not be duplicated. Two other maintenance technicians, both of them shift supervisors, also verified that the temperature
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Printed page 89. PDF page 109.

two extended intermediate overnight stays on 18-19 and 19-20 August. � The RAT probe heater was energized on the ground on six occasions. The average duration of the events was 14 minutes and 50 seconds, though with a large standard
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Printed page 155. PDF page 175.

detected in the RAT temperature probe, which led to the discovery that the RAT probe heater was being energized while on the ground. This same problem had been noted on previous days, as detailed in this report. The airplane's load
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