Service difficulty report · Bladder · Beech A36

Difficulty date
June 14, 2005
Submitted
June 29, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N428BD
Make and model
Beech A36
Aircraft serial
E950
Engine
Cont IO520BA
Propeller
Hartzl PHCC3YF1
Part
Bladder
Part number
21219
Part serial
CR2233
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fuel Cell
Part time
10 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

CUSTOMER NOTED WHITE PARTICLES FROM QUICK DRAINS, INSPECTED, FOUND WHAT OWNER FOUND, WHITE PARTICLES. REMOVED FUEL BLADDERS. INSPECTED FOUND WHITE POWDER/ASH ON VARIOUS PLACES OF BOTH FUEL BLADDERS. FUEL BLADDERS MFG 7/04 AND 8/04. WHITE POWDER IS COMING FROM THE INSIDE OF FUEL BLADDERS. REPLACED BLADDERS WITH NEW FROM MFG UNDER WARRANTY. MFG IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. CLEANED COMPLETE SYSTEM. (K)

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