Service difficulty report · Sump · Gulstm 680E

Difficulty date
July 12, 2001
Submitted
July 12, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N69278
Make and model
Gulstm 680E
Aircraft serial
680E78150
Aircraft time
4,800 hours
Part
Sump
Part serial
NA
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuel Tank
Part time
4,800 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

MAIN FUEL SUMP REMOVED FROM ACFT. TO FACILITATE MAIN TANK REMOVAL FROM ACFT. VISUAL INSPECTION OF INSIDE OF PART REVEALED CONSIDERABLE CORROSION ON BOTTOM INSIDE SUMP. AFTER CLEANING, OBSERVED ONE AREA WHERE CORROSION THROUGH WALL TO OUTERSKIN ON CASTING HAD ALMOST COMPLETE PENETRATION. UNABLE TO DETERMINE INTERNAL CORRODED CONDITION OF PART WHILE PART WASINSTALLED ON ACFT.