Service difficulty report · Bladder · Beech 58

Difficulty date
January 8, 2013
Submitted
January 25, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3260F
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH1760
Part
Bladder
Part number
CR835
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Rt L/E
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

BRAND NEW TANK, INSTALLED AND WAS LEAKING IMMEDIATELY DURING FIRST FUEL UP. AFTER HOURS OF TROUBLESHOOTING SOURCE OF LEAK IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NEW TANK WAS IN FACT, UNAIRWORTHY AND GLUE WAS MISSING FROMT HE OTBD "NIPPLE" AREA WHERE ANOTHER FUEL TANK INTERCONNECTED IS ATTACHED. FUEL CONTAMINATED INTERIOR OF WING AND ALL TAPE HAD TO BE REPLACED. PAIN UNDER WING OF ACFT WAS STAINED/DAMAGED PERMANENTLY. REMOVED AND REINSTALLED BLADDERS WAS CAUSE BY THE DEFECTIVE "NEW" PART. UNAIRWORTHY PART WAS SHIPPED BACK TO MFG WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NIPPLE WAS UNGLUED. PART WAS "REPAIRED" AND RETURNED FOR INSTALLATION AS A "REPAIRED" PART INSTEAD OF A "NEW" PART THAT WAS PURCHASED.

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