Service difficulty report · Line · Beech 95B55

Difficulty date
December 7, 2010
Submitted
December 8, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N464V
Make and model
Beech 95B55
Aircraft serial
TC1028
Aircraft time
3,000 hours
Engine
Cont IO470*
Part
Line
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 200
Part time
3,000 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

ACCESSED & CLOSELY INSPECTED RT FUEL FLOW/PRESSURE GAGE LINE WHERE IT CROSSED DEFROST DUCT BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE THEY MAY BE CONTACTING. FOUND EXTENSIVE CORROSION AT POINT OF CONTACT. AFTER LINE WAS REMOVED, SLIGHT BENDING PRESSURE CRACKED AREA WIDE OPEN AND THAT CORROSION HAD PENETRATED INSIDE OF LINE & LINE WAS NOT LEAKING.

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