Service difficulty report · Fuel Cell · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
May 8, 2013
Submitted
June 12, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2HL
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
91
Aircraft time
2,834 hours, 1,345 cycles
Part
Fuel Cell
Condition
Leaking
Location
Wing Root
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THEY NOTED FUEL LEAKING FROM AROUND THE RT WING ROOT AREA. TROUBLESHOOTING IDENTIFIED THE FUEL LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE RT FUEL VENT TUBE ELBOW ATTACHMENT ON THE FUSLAGE FUEL CELL. THE FUEL CELL WAS REMOVE FOR REPAIRS AND THEN REINSTALLED. COULD NOT LOCATE ANY REPORTS OF THIS LEAK BUT THE TECH THAT COMPLETED REPAIRS STATED THAT THIS LEAK WAS QUITE COMMON FOR THIS TYPE OF ACFT.