Service difficulty report · Acm · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
March 1, 2009
Submitted
October 22, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N400M
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
132
Part
Acm
Part number
2039254
Part serial
45328
Condition
Binding
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

ACM WAS INSTALLED AS AN OVERHAULED UNIT. OIL SERVICE AND NEW WATER SEPARATOR SOCK INSTALLED. GROUD RAN SYSTEM, DID COMPLETE OPS CHECK NO LEAKAGE. 50.6 HOURS AFTER THE ACM WAS BINDING INSIDE, MAKING A LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A WARRANTY UNIT. ACM WAS RETURNED TO MFG FOR EVALUATION.