# SDR 4MAR2014022800125

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 21, 2014
- Submitted: February 28, 2014
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N201QT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201QT), registered now
- Make and model: Mooney M20J
- Registry model: [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 240309
- Aircraft time: 4,500 hours
- System (JASC): [2820 · Aircraft Fuel Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2820)
- Part: Hose
- Part number: 1560033S0210
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Fuel System
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: K
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/4MAR2014022800125

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED FUEL LEAK UNDER INSTRUMENT PANEL.  DURING INVESTIGATION, FOUND THAT THE LINE FOR THE FUEL PRESSURE INDICATOR WAS LEAKING SIGNIFICANTLY INTO THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR.  FLEXIBLE LINE WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 AND WAS LEAKING DUE TO LOSS OF PERMEABILITY.

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