Service difficulty report · Bladder · Beech 58

Difficulty date
September 24, 2013
Submitted
September 24, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N205AG
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH516
Aircraft time
3,600 hours
Part
Bladder
Part number
3692001527
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Fuel Cells
Part time
3,600 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RIGHT ENGINE SURGED DURING CLIMB POWER SETTINGS, DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND FUEL NOZZLES PARTIALLY PLUGGED WITH A BLACK MATERIAL, SCREEN ALSO HEAVILY CONTAMINATED WITH SMALL BLACK PARTICLES. CHECK OF THE OTHER ENGINE, SHOWED CONTAMINATED PARTICLES LOCATED IN THE NOZZLES AND SCREEN. ALL FUEL LINES, SCREENS AND NOZZLES WERE FLUSHED, WING TANKS SUMPED, AGAIN PARTICLES APPEARED AFTER ENGINE RUN UP, FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. WING FUEL TANKS WERE OPENED TO CHECK RESERVOIR BLADDER, CONTAMINANTS WERE FOUND COMING FROM RESERVOIR TANKS (LT/RT), RESERVOIR TANKS ARE COMPOSED WITH A FOAM CORE ASSEMBLY LOCATED INSIDE OF THE BLADDER, IT APPEARS THAT THIS FOAM CORE DETERIORATED DUE TO AGE.

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