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Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Cessna 172R

Difficulty date
December 30, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N365ES
Make and model
Cessna 172R
Aircraft serial
17280023
Part
Transmitter
Part number
S33311
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Wing Fuel
Part time
11 hours
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

RIGHT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE INOPERABLE. TRACED PROBLEM TO TRANSMITTER IN RT WING. PLASTIC FLOAT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ARM AND WAS ALLOWING THE ARM TO SINK. FLOAT FAILED BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE CRIMP ON ARM WHICH ALLOWED THE RETAINING WASHER AND FLOAT TO COME OFF. THIS TRANSMITTER WAS INSTALLED ONLY 11.0 HOURS AGO. ANOTHER NEW TRANSMITTER WAS INSTALLED AND SYSTEM APPEARS TO OPERATE NORMALLY.

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