SDR 96ZZZX212

Service difficulty report · Vapor Vent Line · Gulstm G1159A

Difficulty date
December 15, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N492A
Make and model
Gulstm G1159A
Aircraft serial
425
Part
Vapor Vent Line
Part number
1159H40200143
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Mlg Ww
Part time
428 hours
Component
Sundstrandem · 1159SCP0115
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, A HEAVY FUEL SMELL WAS NOTED IN THE RT MLG WHEELWELL. ON INVESTIGATION, FOUND FUEL WEEPING FROM THE RT ALTERNATE BOOST PUMP VAPOR VENT LINE AND COLLECTING IN THE WHEELWELL. FAILED VAPOR VENT LINE, PN 1159H40200-143, WAS INSTALLED IN THIS AIRCRAFT ON 3-8-95 AND WAS A REPLACMENT FOR VENT LINE, PN 661002-6D0150, WHICH HAS AN 8-YEAR SCRAP LIFE DUE TO SIDEWALL WEEPING. (SEE SDR FOR N404CC DATED 11-22-94). TOTAL TIME ON FAILED VENT LINE 428 HOURS, 144 LANDINGS, 9 MONTHS. LINE HAS BEEN SENT TO GULFSTREAM, SAVANNAH FOR EVALUATION.