Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
July 27, 2000
Submitted
August 9, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N789EP
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S8135
Part
Transmitter
Part number
S33312
Part serial
1554
Condition
Defective
Location
Lt Fuel Cell
Part time
768 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT FUEL QTY WENT TO EMPTY, LT LOW FUEL ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN-FLIGHT. MAINT FOUND THE FUEL QTY TRANSMITTER INOP. WHEN XMITTER REMOVED FROM FUEL CELL, THE FLOAT AND RETAINER WASHER ON OTBD END OF THE FLOAT ARM WERE MISSING. FUEL CELL OPENED AND THE FLOAT AND WASHER RETRIEVED. SUBMITTER STATED FUEL QTY XMITTER MFG INCORRECTLY, WIRE ARM THAT RUNS THRU FLOAT WAS NOT CRIMPED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FLOAT DURING MFG ALLOWING IT TO FALL OFF THE ARM. FOUND LT AND RT FUEL QTY XMITTERS INSTALLED BACKWARDS IAW CESSNA C-172R/S PM. THE S3331-2 TRANSMITTER IS REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED IN THE RT FUEL CELL AND THE S3331-1 XMITTER IS REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED IN THE LT FUEL CELL. BOTH TRANSMITTERS REPLACED. (X)

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