SDR 98ZZZX1497

Service difficulty report · Fuel Filter · Bolkms BK117B2

Difficulty date
March 30, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N132AE
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B2
Aircraft serial
7238
Part
Fuel Filter
Part number
430129501
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fuel 1-2
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J, R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON MARCH 30, 1998 DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, NR 2 FUEL FILTER LIGHT CAME ON. PILOT TURNED A/C TO RETURN TO BASE. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER, THE NR 1 FUEL FILTER LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LANDED IN THE DESERT ONE MILE SOUTH OF WITTMAN, AZ. MAINTENANCE SAMPLED FUEL, REPLACED FILTER ELEMENTS. NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE FUEL FILTER ASSY AND FUEL PUMP. SUSPECT ROOT CAUSE WAS MOISTURE IN BOTH ENGINE FUEL FILTER SWITCHES. (THERE HAD BEEN RECORD RAINFALL IN THE PRECEDING DAYS).