Service difficulty report · Shutoff Valve · Cessna 162

Difficulty date
July 20, 2011
Submitted
July 29, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5217S
Make and model
Cessna 162
Aircraft serial
16200050
Part
Shutoff Valve
Part number
72CA0279
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuel System
Part time
96 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

JULY 16,2011 AS ACFT WAS DOING A GROUND RUN CHECK, THE ACFT SUDDENLY QUIT. THEY FAILED TO RESTART THE ACFT. IN TROUBLESHOOTING, WENT OUT AND RAN THE ACFT AND HAD NO TROUBLES. THIS ACFT WAS IN THE WINDOW FOR A 100 HR INSP. IN INSPECTING THE FUEL SYS, HAVE FOUND THA THE FUEL SHUTOFF CABLE GOING TO FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE WAS LOOSE, CAUSING THE CABLE TO SOMETIMES SLIDE THRU THE SWIVEL BOLT AND THAT THE ARM WOULD BE IN THE SHUTOFF POSITION EVEN THOUGH THE HANDLE WAS I THE "ON" POSITION. IN THE MM 28-20-00, PARA 3 A-D, FIG 202 SHOWS THE ARM AND HARDWARE SECURING THE CABLE. THIS WAS LOOSE. ADJUSTED THE ARM AND SECURED BY TIGHTENING THE HARDWARE. THE BOLT STILL PIVOTS WHEN ARM IS TURNED. THIS HAS BEEN A CONCERN AND WOULD HOPE THAT THIS IS JUST A FLUKE INCIDENT.

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