Service difficulty report · Pump · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
November 15, 2010
Submitted
November 22, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N700NK
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600700
Aircraft time
860 hours, 678 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Engine time
860 hours, 678 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
99121905
Condition
Clogged
Location
Fuel
Part time
860 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AFTER A NORMAL START, LT POWER LEVER WAS ADVANCED TO TAXI, AND WHEN RETARDED SLIGHTLY TO ADJUST POWER SETTING, THE "LOW FUEL PRESSURE" ANNUNCIATOR WAS NOTED TO BE ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY FOLLOWED BY THE "LT FUEL PUMP ON" ANNUNCIATOR. TURNING THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP SWITCH TO "OFF" AND BACK TO "NORMAL" EXTINGUISHED THE "LT FUEL PUMP ON" ANNUNCIATOR. THE THROTTLE LEVER WAS ADVANCED, AND RETARDED AS BEFORE, AND THE PROBLEM REPEATED ITSELF. CONFERRING WITH TECH REPS, IT WAS SUGGESTED TO INSPECT THE ENGINE FUEL FILTER, WHICH WAS DONE, AND NO CONTAMINATES WERE FOUND. FUEL PUMP PRESSURE SWITCH, PN 9912033-2 WAS SWAPPED RT TO LT BUT THE PROBLEM DID NOT FOLLOW, AND THEY WERE RETURNED TO THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS. MX TEAM FROM ICT TO DEFUEL, INSPECT, TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. THE RESULTS WERE FINDING A SMALL (APPARENTLY) PLASTIC FRAGMENT RESTRICTING THE OUTPUT OF THE LT FUEL EJECTOR (JET) PUMP, PN 9912190-5. THE ACFT WAS RE FUELED, OPS & LEAK CHECKED "OK", AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. AS OF THIS WRITING, THE PARTICLE IN QUESTION, AND IT'S SOURCE, HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE FUEL CONTROL WAS RECENTLY REPLACED ON THE LT ENGINE, AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE, AS IT PROVIDES THE MOTIVE FLOW FUEL PRESSURE TO THE EJECTOR.