SDR 97ZZZX3093

Service difficulty report · Hose · Ayres 600S2DRESTD

Difficulty date
June 13, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N898LF
Make and model
Ayres 600S2DRESTD
Aircraft serial
323
Engine
Cont IO520A
Part
Hose
Part number
11141745032D
Condition
Defective
Location
Engine Fuel
Component
Stratoflex
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING A POST-ACCIDENT INSPECTION/DISASSEMBLY, A TSO'D HOSE ASSY FROM 'STRATOFLEX' WAS REMOVED FROM THE FUEL CONTROL TO THE FUEL INJECTION MANIFOLD. THIS HOSE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SLIVER OF THE INNER WALL PROTRUDING BETWEEN THE INNER FERRULE AND THE NUT AT THE MANIFOLD ORIFICE. THIS IS STRONGLY SUSPECTED AS THE CAUSE FOR LOSS OF ENGINE POWER IN-FLIGHT. THIS SEEMED TO BE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IN THAT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT FUEL PRESSURE WAS ERRATIC DURING FLIGHT. HOSE INFO: CD3Q92, OP3000 PSI, TSO C532, A1193, OT 250 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.