Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Beech 60

Difficulty date
December 29, 2009
Submitted
February 1, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N515CT
Make and model
Beech 60
Aircraft serial
P390
Aircraft time
5,153 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540*
Engine time
581 hours, 2,073 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCF3YR2
Part
Transmitter
Part number
99251913354B1
Part serial
601754
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fuel Flow
Part time
1 hours, 2,073 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, B, A

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

What was found

ON DECEMBER 29. 2009, ACFT DEPARTED AIRPORT ENROUTE TO GENERAL AIRPORT 18 MILES AWAY WITH APPROX 50 LBS OF FUEL PER SIDE. THE PIC EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT MALFUNCTION WITH THE RT ENGINE AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PIC MADE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. A POST EVENT INSP OF THE RT ENGINE WITH THE COWLING REMOVED DISCLOSED FUEL WAS FREELY FLOWING FROM THE HOUSING BODY OF THE FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER ONTO THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPONENTS WHENEVER THE FUEL PUMP WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE PIC FEATHERED THE RT ENG WHEN THE ACFT WAS AT A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 1500 AGL AND WAS THEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE ACFT WHICH HAD BEEN A ERRATIC BUCKING SURGING FLIGHT PRIOR TO FEATHERING THE ENGINE.

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