Service difficulty report · Line · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
December 14, 2003
Submitted
March 25, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N41AV
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
61
Engine
Rroyce SPEY50614
Part
Line
Part number
1159P201061
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FUEL SYSTEM/FUEL DUMP SYSTEM AFFECTS FUEL FLOW OR LEAKAGE DURING FLIGHT. EMERGENCY ACTION TAKEN DURING FLIGHT DUE TO A COMPONENT OR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. UPON ROTATION, THE LEFT FUEL FILTER LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW ACTED FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED. WHEN THE AC TAXIED TO TERMINAL, LINE PERSONNEL ALERTED THE CREW TO A SUBSTANTIAL LEAK COMING FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE AC. ALERTED ON-CALL MAINTENANCE. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LT ENGINE FUEL LINE RUPTURED. DETERMINED BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO FUEL SYSTEM. THIS WAS NOT VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE. DUE TO STAINLESS BRADED COVERING ON THE LINE. ORDERED NEW LINE FROME MFG. RECEIVED NEW LINE, INSTALLED, LEAK CHECK GOOD.