SDR 99ZZZX1471

Service difficulty report · Drain Mast · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
March 8, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N475QS
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1275
Part
Drain Mast
Part number
115677114
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED AFT SINKS (GALLEY AND LAV) WOULD NOT DRAIN. T/S SYSTEM, FOUND DRAIN MAST NOT HEATING UP. REMOVED MAST AND INSTALLED NEW MAST OF SAME P/N, S/N 396. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF DRAIN MAST HEATING ELEMENT, NO DEFECTS NOTED. SINKS WERE NOT DRAINING DUE TO MAST FREEZING UP AT ALTITUDE, SINKS NOW DRAIN PROPERLY IN-FLIGHT. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW GIV MM. ACFT TT: 3,388.2 HOURS.