SDR 97ZZZX1081

Service difficulty report · Tube · Gulstm G1159A

Difficulty date
February 24, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7906G
Make and model
Gulstm G1159A
Aircraft serial
497
Part
Tube
Part number
1159P2043815
Condition
Chafed
Location
Lt Eng Fire Ext
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

AFTER THE LT ENGINE WAS REMOVED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FIXED COWLING AREA, IT WAS NOTICED THAT A FIRE EXTINGUISHING DISCHARGE TUBE P/N 1159P20438-15 HAD A .75 INCH BY .25 INCH HOLE CHAFED INTO IT BY THE LT ENGINE HYDRAULIC LINE P/N AE700742-2. THE LINE WAS ALSO CHAFED AND HAD FRAYED BRAIDS. LOOKED AT A 2ND AIRCRAFT (S/N 389) AND FOUND SIMILAR CHAFE MARKS ON THE FIRE EXTINGUISHING TUBE AND ON THE SAME HYDRAULIC LINE, BUT, ALSO, FOUND SIMILAR CHAFE MARKS ON THE RETURN HYDRAULIC AND BYPASS LINES THAT GO TO THE ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP. THESE LINES WERE MISSING CLAMPS OR WERE IMPROPERLY CLAMPED TO PREVENT CHAFING ON THE EXTINGUISHER LINE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LINES AND PROPERLY CLAMPED TO PREVENT CHAFING.