SDR 95ZZZX836

Service difficulty report · Hose · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
February 6, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N685F
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0512E
Part
Hose
Part number
369A8113
Condition
Loose
Location
Start Pump
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREWS DESCRIBED AN INTERMITTENT VIBRATION THAT COULD BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT. ALSO, A HESITANT START AND A FLUCTUATING TOT INDICATION WAS SQUAWKED. AFTER FLYING OVER 2 HOURS AND BEING LOW IN FUEL, DUPLICATED ALL THREE PROBLEMS. DISCOVERED THESE PROBLEMS WOULD STOP WITH START PUMP ACTIVATED. WHILE INSPECTING THE FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM, DISCOVERED THE FUEL SUPPLY HOSE ASSY FROM THE START PUMP TO THE FUEL SHUT-OFF VALVE WAS LOOSE AT THE VALVE. THIS ALLOWED AIR TO BE SUCKED INTO THE SYSTEM. REPLACED HOSE ASSY AND PROBLEMS HAVE NOT RECURRED.

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