What was found
FUEL CELL SENT FOR REPAIR. RECEIVED FUEL CELL AND INSTALLED. IT STILL LEAKED. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING FOR OVER ONE WEEK, FOUND TO BE SAME CELL. REMOVED TANK AND SENT BACK FOR RE-REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- October 22, 1998
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- TIMR032A
Alpine Aviation Inc - Aircraft
- N175AA
- Make and model
- Piper PA42720
- Aircraft serial
- 428001017
- System (JASC)
- 2810 · Fuel Storage
- Part
- Fuel Cell
- Part number
- 560335
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- NR
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.