# SDR 95ZZZX5921

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 1, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N250TP
- Make and model: Beech A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: E2408
- Engine: Allsn 250B17
- System (JASC): [7310 · Engine Fuel Distribution](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7310)
- Part: Filter Assy
- Part number: 77165001
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Fuel Filter
- Part time: 718 hours
- Component: 306051
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: K
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX5921

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED A FUEL LEAK FROM THE ENGINE.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED A LOOSE FILTER BOWL.  ON A CLOSER EXAMINATION, FOUND FILTER BOWL HAD ALMOST DETACHED ITSELF FROM THE UPPER HOUSING.  WHEN THE BOWL WAS FINALLY REMOVED, PART OF THE UPPER HOUSING TO WHICH THE FILTER BOWL CENTER ATTACHMENT BOLT IS SECURED, BROKE AWAY AND WAS FOUND ATTACHED TO THE BOLT.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.