Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
August 27, 2012
Submitted
August 28, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N100WT
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
550B0858
Aircraft time
3,831 hours, 3,246 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW530A
Part
Line
Part number
991205711
Condition
Leaking
Location
Oxygen System
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE OXYGEN SYSTEM WAS LOOSING PRESSURE. MX LEAK CHECKED THE SYS AND FOUND THE CAPILLARY OXYGEN LINE IN THE NOSE SECTION OF ACFT WAS LEAKING. THE DEFECTIVE LINE WAS REMOVED AND A NEW LINE PN 9912057-11 WAS INSTALLED. THE OXYGEN WAS SERVICED TO FULL WITH ABO AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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