Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank

Difficulty date
November 1, 2008
Submitted
November 6, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Part
Fuel Tank
Part number
CB959
Part serial
00214388
Condition
Damaged
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

FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT LEAKS IN AN AREA NOT CLOSE TO ANY SEAMS, WELDS, OR BOSSES. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE DENTS, DINGS, SCRATCHES, GOUGES OR OTHER DAMAGE IN THE AREAS OF THE LEAKS. THE LEAK HOLES WERE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF A PIN AND WERE NOT VISUALLY DETECTABLE. TANKS WERE TAGGED UNAIRWORTHY. FUEL TANKS WERE ALSO TAGGED UNAIRWORTHY PENDING FURTHER TESTINGS AS A PRECAUTION. (K)