Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Diamon DA40

Difficulty date
July 27, 2004
Submitted
July 29, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N809ER
Make and model
Diamon DA40
Aircraft serial
40321
Aircraft time
341 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360LYC*
Engine time
341 hours
Part
Tee Fitting
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine Servo
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING MANEUVERS, THE FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE AND ENUNCIATOR SYSTEM WARN OF A LOW FUEL PRESSURE PROBLEM. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS HOWEVER, SHOW THAT FUEL FLOW AND PRESSURE ARE NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN EVIDENT IN OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE FLEET OF 10 DA40 AIRCRAFT. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL METHOD OF ELIMINATING THIS INDICATION PROBLEM IS TO BLEED THE AIR THAT SEEMS TO HAVE ACCUMULATED IN THE TRANSDUCER LINES AND FITTINGS.

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