Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Amtr JABIRUSP

Difficulty date
December 11, 2016
Submitted
December 12, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N763J
Make and model
Amtr JABIRUSP
Aircraft serial
872
Aircraft time
79 hours, 40 cycles
Engine
Amtr JABIRU3300
Engine time
79 hours, 40 cycles
Part
Fuel Tank
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
79 hours, 40 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FUEL DOES NOT FEED FROM RIGHT WING 17GAL. TANK. 2 FINGER SCREENS IN RT. TANK 1/4 CUP OF DEBRIS REMOVED NEW SCREENS INSTALLED. FUEL GRAVITY FEEDS FROM WINGS TO A HEADER TANK. NO VALVES IN THE TANK LINES. FORCED TO LAND WHEN LEFT WING IS EMPTY AND RIGHT WING FULL. FUEL IMBALANCE AT ALL TIMES AFTER TAKE-OFF. ACFT. PARKED LEVEL FOR WEEKS WITH NO CHANGE IN L. R. BALANCE. FUEL CAPS HAVE BEEN SWITCHED TO NO EFFECT. CAPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR DAYS AND THERE IS NO LEVELING. FACTORY MEASURES GRAVITY FEED FROM BOTH TANKS AS SATISFACTORY WITH NO BOOST PUMP ON. THE PROBLEM ALWAYS COMES IN FLIGHT. FIRST FLIGHT FROM THE FACTORY BY ME REQUIRED AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AND SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE ON ROLL OUT. AFTER CLEANING THE TANK THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES. WARNING LIGHTS ARE WORKING AS ARE THE FUEL GUAGES. ACTUAL FUEL IS CHECK BY MEANS OF FACTORY DIPSTICK WHEN ON THE GROUND.