Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
February 14, 2020
Submitted
February 15, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N910U
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3470
Aircraft time
6,656 hours, 23,804 cycles
Part
Fuel Tank
Part number
HM01960061
Part serial
0043
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFTER INSTALLING A VECTOR AEROSPACE CRASH RESISTANT FUEL TANK FAA STC SR02492AK IN THE HELICOPTER. WE PROCEEDED TO COMMENCE OUR REQUIRED FUEL CHECKS. FUELED THE HELICOPTER AND VERIFIED CORRECT OPERATION OF THE FUEL LOW LEVEL INDICATION SYSTEM. ALL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. COMMENCED TO FILL THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK AND CHECK FOR LEAKS. NONE WERE NOTED. BROUGHT AIRCRAFT BACK INSIDE AND LAID A LARGE SHEET OF PAPER UNDER THE FUEL TANK AREA. RETURNED THE NEXT MORNING AND FOUND FUEL LEAKING. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE FUEL WAS LEAKING THRU THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR WIRING HARNESS. REPLACE THE FUEL QUANTITY SENDING UNIT AND REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT. NO FURTHER LEAKS WERE NOTED.

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