Service difficulty report · Restrictor · Beech C90

Difficulty date
August 12, 2011
Submitted
August 12, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N85TB
Make and model
Beech C90
Aircraft serial
LJ833
Aircraft time
11,418 hours, 651 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Part
Restrictor
Part number
50921592
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuel System
Part time
11,418 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

ACFT WAS SQUAWKED FOR INSUFFICIENT FUEL TRANSFER OPERATION ON THE LT SIDE. BECAUSE THE PUMP WAS MAKING NOISE BUT THERE WAS MINIMAL FLOW, THE PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH AN O/H UNIT. THE O/H PUMP MADE THE SAME NOISE AND BEHAVED THE SAME. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING (AND COMPARING WITH THE RT SIDE FUEL TRANSFER SYS) DETERMINED THAT THE RESTRICTOR INSERT FROM PN: 50-921592 TEE CAME LOOSE AND TRAVELED DOWN THE LINE AND LODGED ITSELF IN THE NEXT TEE DOWNSTREAM. THIS SEVERELY RESTRICTED FUEL FLOW TO THE NACELLE TANK FROM THE TRANSFER TANK. THIS DID NOT PREVENT GRAVITY FEED FROM THE OTHER LT WING TANKS INTO THE NACELLE.

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