SDR 95ZZZX1485

Service difficulty report · Shut-Off Valve · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
March 8, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N711RL
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
025
Part
Shut-Off Valve
Part number
FR141A2
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Oxygen System
Component
Bendix
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED PASSENGER OXYGEN SYSTEM LEAKING. INSPECTED SYSTEM AND FOUND OXYGEN PRESSURE REDUCER/SHUT-OFF VALVE LEAKING. REMOVED VALVE, PN FR-142-A2, SN 91255. ORDERED SAME UNIT AND WAS INFORMED THE PART WAS REALLY A PN FR-141-A2 AND WAS MIS-LABLED AS A FR-142-A2. AN FR-142-A2 VALVE IS USED WITH CO2 AND IN AN APPLICATION TO INFLATE LIFE RAFTS, IT IS, ALSO, NOT SIMILAR TO AN FR-141-A2 VALVE IN APPEARANCE. THE CORRECT PART WAS THEN ORDERED AND RECEIVED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES. LANDINGS, 116.