SDR 96ZZZX1518

Service difficulty report · Valve · Cessna 414A

Difficulty date
February 20, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4686N
Make and model
Cessna 414A
Aircraft serial
414A0075
Part
Valve
Part number
99102011
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuel Select
Part time
8,069 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FUEL SELECTION WAS MOVED FROM LEFT ENGINE TO CROSS-FEED. AFTER FLIGHT, THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS MOVED FROM CROSS-FEED BACK TO LEFT ENGINE. FUEL SELECTION WOULD NOT MOVE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FUEL SHUT-OFF VALVE HAD FAILED INTERNALLY AND WAS STUCK IN THIS POSITION. VALVE REPLACED.

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