SDR 99ZZZX352

Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 310R

Difficulty date
December 21, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4919A
Make and model
Cessna 310R
Aircraft serial
310R1403
Part
Wire
Part number
991008219
Condition
Chafed
Location
Fuel Cell
Part time
4,248 hours
Component
Gull
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, TOP INSPECTION PANEL ON THE RT WING AUXILIARY TANK WAS LEAKING FUEL. UPON REMOVAL OF THE PANEL TO REPLACE THE GASKET, NOTICED THE FUEL QUANTITY SENDING UNIT WIRES INSIDE THE FUEL TANK WERE EXCEPTIONALLY LONG. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE WIRING, FOUND THE INSULATION HAD BEEN CHAFED OFF OF THE WIRES, AND BARE WIRE WAS SHOWING IN SEVERAL PLACES. UPON INSPECTION OF THE LT AUXILIARY TANK, NOTICED THE WIRES WERE CHAFED IN SEVERAL PLACES AND BARE WIRE WAS SHOWING THROUGH. SENDING UNITS WERE REMOVED FROM BOTH THE LT AND RT FUEL AUXILIARY TANKS WHERE SEVERAL MORE CHAFED AREAS WERE FOUND.

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