SDR 97ZZZX908

Service difficulty report · Switch · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
December 10, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5225C
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
590497D
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Switch
Part number
369H81443
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Fuel Bypass
Part time
633 hours
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE WHEN FUEL NOZZLE SCREEN BECAME CLOGGED AND COLLAPSED CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BY MCDONNEL DOUGLAS AND FAA FOUND FUEL FILTER BYPASS SWITCH WAS NOT CLOSING SO PILOT HAD NO INDICATION THAT THE FUEL FILTER WAS IN BYPASS.