SDR AMCR200300006

Service difficulty report · Probe · Braero BAE125800A

Difficulty date: October 30, 2003
Submitted: October 30, 2003
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N255DV
Make and model: Braero BAE125800A
Aircraft serial: 258070
Aircraft time: 9,187 hours, 5,859 cycles
Engine: Garrtt TFE731*
System (JASC): 2842 · Fuel Quantity Sensor
Part: Probe
Part number: 0204KTU4
Part serial: TU119619
Condition: Intermittent
Location: Fuel Qty
Part time: 9,187 hours, 5,859 cycles
Stage of operation: CL
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: N
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

AFTER TAKE-OFF, PILOT NOTICED A INTERMITTENT DROP ON THE LEFT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE OF ABOUT 500 LBS, THEN EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. ON NEXT LEG, AFTER TAKE-OFF, PILOT NOTICED THE SAME THING. INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED AN INTERMITTENT NR 4 FUEL PROBE IN THE LEFT WING. THE INTERMITTENT OPERATION WAS DISCOVERED ONLY AFTER EXPOSING THE PROBES, AND USING A BARFIELD BOX, AND THEN TAPPING ON EACH PROBE, UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND.