SDR 99ZZZX2663

Service difficulty report · Vent · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
June 10, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N765FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0259
Part
Vent
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DEPARTED AUS , FLT 8914 TO SJT/HRL. PILOT REPORTED ON LANDING THAT FUEL PRESS LOW LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. MECH OPENED PANELS FOR ACCESS TO RESERVOIR. OPENED DRAIN VALVE FOR THE RESERVOIR, A VACUUM SUCKED AIR INTO FUEL SYSTEM. HE THEN LOOKED AT THE TOP OF WING AND SAID THEY WERE OIL CANNED ON TOP. WHEN FUEL CAPS WERE OPENED,THE SKINS POPPED BACK OUT. MAINT INSTRUCTED HIM TO TRY AND BLOW OUT THE VENT LINES WITH AIR PRESS, HE WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. HE GOT A NITROGEN BOTTLE AND WITH HIGH PRESS WAS ABLE TO BLOW OUT THE VENTS. BOTH VENTS WERE PLUGGED UP ABOUT 12 TO 14 INCHES INTO THE VENTS BY DIRT DAUBERS, THE ACFT WAS THEN REPOSITIONED BACK TO AUS ON A 91 FLIGHT.

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