What was found
AT CRUISE, PILOT NOTICED A BLUE FUEL STAIN STREAMING BACK FROM THE LEFT ENGINE COOLING LOUVRES. FOUND BROKEN 90 DEGREE ELBOW FITTING ON FUEL MANIFOLD VALVE INLET WAS BROKEN DUE TO VIBRATION OF ENGINE.
- Difficulty date
- July 7, 2003
- Submitted
- September 9, 2003
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N2655B
- Make and model
- Cessna 421C
- Aircraft serial
- 421C0698
- Engine
- Cont GTSIO520L
- System (JASC)
- 2820 · Aircraft Fuel Distribution System
- Part
- Elbow
- Part number
- 631293
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Lt Engine
- Part time
- 271 hours
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.