# SDR 98ZZZX164

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 30, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N365ES](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N365ES), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 172R
- Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 17280023
- System (JASC): [2842 · Fuel Quantity Sensor](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2842)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX164

## Discrepancy

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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