# SDR 98ZZZX1497

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 30, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N132AE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N132AE), registered now
- Make and model: Bolkms BK117B2
- Aircraft serial: 7238
- System (JASC): [2821 · Aircraft Fuel Filter/Strainer](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2821)
- Part: Fuel Filter
- Part number: 430129501
- Condition: Contaminated
- Location: Fuel 1-2
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: J, R
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX1497

## Discrepancy

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).

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