SDR 99ZZZX2805

Service difficulty report · Fuel Vent · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
June 10, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N765FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
2008B0259
Part
Fuel Vent
Part number
260010159
Condition
Plugged
Location
Wing
Part time
4,873 hours
Stage of operation
AP
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

AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FROM AUS TO HRL. UPON APPROACH TO HRL, LOW FUEL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. INSPECTION REVEALED THE FUEL TANKS WERE UNDER VACUUM. WHAT APPEARED TO BE CAKED MUD WAS FOUND INSIDE BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL VENT LINES. CLEARED VENTS, GROUND RAN, OPS CHECKED OK. BOTH WINGS UPPER SKINS WERE DISTORTED AND TWO RIBS JUST INBD OF WS 214.3 APPEARED TO BE CRUSHED. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ICT FOR REPAIR. A COVER FOR THE WING TIP SIMILAR TO THE PITOT COVERS USED ON THESE AIRCRAFT MAY PREVENT THIS PROBLEM.

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