# SDR 96ZZZX5115

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 3, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N520](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 177RG1164
- Engine: Lyc IO360A1B6
- System (JASC): [7310 · Engine Fuel Distribution](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7310)
- Part: Hose
- Part number: S1236C30420
- Condition: Defective
- Location: Flow Divider
- Part time: 299 hours
- Stage of operation: CL
- Nature of condition: J, K
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX5115

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED A TOTAL DROP IN FUEL PRESSURE DURING CLIMB-OUT LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.  UPON INSPECTION, FOUND FUEL PRESSURE HOSE FROM FIREWALL TO FLOW DIVIDER LEAKING PROFUSELY WHERE THE RE-USABLE SOCKET THREADS TO HOSE.  THIS HOSE WAS PURCHASED FROM CESSNA ON 8-93 AND INSTALLED.  THE METAL IDENTIFICATION BAND HAD AN ASSEMBLY DATE OF 4-85.  RECOMMEND CESSNA REVIEW THEIR POLICY ON SHELF LIFE OF HOSES WHICH AT PRESENT IS CONTRARY TO THE HOSE MANUFACTURER. SUBMITTER STATED THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.

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