Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Cessna 152

Difficulty date
June 25, 2010
Submitted
July 9, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N46261
Make and model
Cessna 152
Aircraft serial
15283024
Part
Transmitter
Part number
C6680020301
Condition
Broken
Location
Fuel System
Part time
4,885 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(LW5R) RT FUEL TRANSMITTER WAS INSTALLED 11/5/1997 AS AN O/H REPLACEMENT UNIT. ACFT TT 4434.1 HRS. RT FUEL TRANSMITTER CEASED OPERATION IN FLIGHT AND INDICATED ZERO FUEL IN EARLY JUNE 2010 AT AN ACFT TT OF 9319.8 HRS. TRANSMITTER WAS REMOVED AFTER LANDING AND WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING IT`S FLOAT. THE FOAM TYPE FLOAT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE RT FUEL TANK AND APPEARED TO HAVE BROKEN IN HALF ALLOWING THE TRANSMITTER ARM TO FALL FREE OF THE FLOAT AND SINK. THE LT TRANSMITTER WAS ALSO REMOVED AND SHOWED DETERIORATION AROUND THE EDGES OF THE FOAM FLOAT. BOTH UNITS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED WITH O/H UIT PN C668002-0301.

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