SDR AMCR200903

Service difficulty report · Petcock · Gulstm GULFSTREAMGV

Difficulty date
July 20, 2009
Submitted
July 20, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
AMCR163C
Alticor Inc
Aircraft
N525AC
Make and model
Gulstm GULFSTREAMGV
Aircraft serial
691
Aircraft time
3,585 hours, 1,310 cycles
Part
Petcock
Part number
969311
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 900
Part time
3,585 hours, 1,310 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

WHILE CREW WAS READYING THE ACFT FOR DEPARTURE, APU AIR WAS SELECTED ON AND COFFEE MAKER'S WATER FILLER SPIGOT STARTED RUNNING AND OVERFILLING THE COFFEE POT. WATER STARTED RUNNING ONTO FLOOR BEFORE SYS WAS SHUTDOWN. THE SPIGOT HAS A SPRING LOADED PUSHBUTTON WHICH MUST BE PUSHED TO ALLOW WATER TO FLOW. BUTTON WAS AT REST BUT STILL FLOWED WATER AS SOON AS WATER SYS WAS PRESSURIZED. WATER SYS FOR GALLEY HAD TO BE SHUTOFF TO STOP FLOW OF WATER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ON OTHER AIRCRAFT IN WHICH SPIGOT REPLACEMENT CURED THE PROBLEM.