Service difficulty report · Pump · Beech V35

Difficulty date
March 19, 2003
Submitted
March 19, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9486S
Make and model
Beech V35
Aircraft serial
D8181
Aircraft time
2,539 hours
Engine
Cont GTSIO520*
Part
Pump
Part number
414000103
Part serial
354
Condition
Sheared
Location
Injector
Part time
2,539 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ENGINE QUIT DURING TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SHEARED DRIVE SHAFT FOR THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP (INJECTOR PUMP). DISASSEMBLY REVEALED FOD (A SMALL PIECE OF WIRE) JAMMED IN THE ROTOR/VANE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED INTERNALLY AND FRAGMENTS, INCLUDING PIECES OF THE WIRE-LIKE ROTOR PINS, HAD FLOWED TO THE INJECTOR PUMP. NOTE: THE INJECTOR PUMP HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO FAILURE CAUSED BY DAMAGED VANES/ROTOR. SUBMITTER SURMISES THAT THE LAST INJECTOR FAILURE WAS ALSO DUE TO FOD FROM THE SAME FAILED LOW PRESSURE PUMP.

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