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Incident

FAA incident report · Raythn 390 · Wichita, KS · July 3, 2002

Date
July 3, 2002 · 21:16 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N460AS
Reported as
Raythn 390
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,131 total151 in this make and model135 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Ten minutes into flight after leaving pueblo, CO. The r/h low fuel press light illuminated. The r/h fuel quantity indicator indicated 200# less fuel than the left. Engine indications were normal. Pilot in command elected to shut down the r/h engine and land at Wichita, KS. At Raytheon aircraft services. Further inspection found a motive flow check valve PN101-389011-105 had broken in two. It was made out of plastic. The illustrated parts catalog does not show this part number. The correct part number should be 101-389011-113 or permissible to install 101-389011-107 or 101-389011-111. Maintenance records did not indicate any work had been done to the check valve. It appears the wrong part number valve was installed. Manufacturing inspection district office (mido) and aircraft certification office (aco) are addressing this issue.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) TEN MINUTES INTO FLIGHT AFTER LEAVING PUEBLO, CO. THE R/H LOW FUEL PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE R/H FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR INDICATED 200# LESS FUEL THAN THE LEFT. ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. PILOT IN COMMAND ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE R/H ENGINE AND LAND AT WICHITA, KS. AT RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT SERVICES. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND A MOTIVE FLOW CHECK VALVE PN101-389011-105 HAD BROKEN IN TWO. IT WAS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. THE ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOG DOES NOT SHOW THIS PART NUMBER. THE CORRECT PART NUMBER SHOULD BE 101-389011-113 OR PERMISSIBLE TO INSTALL 101-389011-107 OR 101-389011-111. MAINTENANCE RECORDS DID NOT INDICATE ANY WORK HAD BEEN DONE TO THE CHECK VALVE. IT APPEARS THE WRONG PART NUMBER VALVE WAS INSTALLED. MANUFACTURING INSPECTION DISTRICT OFFICE (MIDO) AND AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION OFFICE (ACO) ARE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.