SDR 99ZZZX1047

Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 172N

Difficulty date: February 1, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N738EW
Make and model: Cessna 172N
Aircraft serial: 17269929
System (JASC): 2820 · Aircraft Fuel Distribution System
Part: Line
Condition: Leaking
Location: Fuel System
Stage of operation: IN
Nature of condition: K
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

PURCHASED 7-26-96. FLEW AIRCRAFT TO HOME BASE. AFER REMOVING ALL INSPECTION PLATES AND COWLING, FOUND ALL THE HOSES ON FUEL LINES, OIL LINES, HYDRAULIC LINES NEVER REPLACED. THEY WERE STILL THE SAME HOSES THAT WERE INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. THE HOSES ATTACHED TO THE WING FUEL LINES STARTED TO SEEP AND SWEAT FUEL (ORIGINAL).

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