Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Beech B200

Difficulty date
August 8, 2015
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N165HB
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BY165
Aircraft time
380 hours
Part
Fuel Tank
Part number
5038903424
Part serial
CR1625
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 600
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SEVERAL HUNDRED LITERS OF FUEL LEAKED FROM SEVERAL RUBBER BLADDER FUEL TANKS, INBD BOX SECTION FUEL CELL, LOCATED IN THE ACFT'S RT WING ON AUGUST 8, 2015 WHILE IT WAS PARKED. 2 TANKS WERE REPLACED AND ALL OTHERS INSPECTED. ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2015, MORE FUEL LEAKED, THIS TIME FROM TANKS IN THE LT WING. SEVERAL RUBBER BLADDER FUEL TANKS HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED IN APRIL 2014 IAW SB THAT WARNED OF FUEL LEAKAGE AND THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN OBJECTS. IT STATED THAT "IF THE FUEL CELL IS NOT SEATED COMPLETELY AGAINST THE SURROUNDING AIRPLANE STRUCTURE, THIS COULD RESOLVE IN A FUEL LEAK. IN ADDITION, FOREIGN OBJECTS, IF PRESENT, MAY CAUSE CLOGGING OF FUEL SYSTEM."

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