SDR AU000353

Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Piper PA28180

Difficulty date
April 16, 2000
Submitted
June 23, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA28180
Engine
Lyc O360A3A
Propeller
Snsnch M76EMM
Part
Fuel Tank
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Aircraft Fuel Sy
Component
Aircraft Fuel Sy
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(AUS) FUEL SYSTEM CONTAMINATED WITH ETHYLENE DIAMINE (EDA). FOLLOWING DECONTAMINATION WASH, WATER WOULD NOT DRAIN FROM THE TANKS. A PROBE INSERTED VIA THE WATER DRAIN PORT RESULTED IN A DIAPHRAGM BEING FELT. THE DIAPHRAGM WAS PUNCTURED TO DRAIN THE WATER. THIS WAS CARRIED OUT NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE THE TANKS WERE FULLY DRAINED. DURING THE DRAIN A GREEN TRANSLUCENT GEL APPEARED. A SAMPLE WAS TAKEN BUT APPAREENTLY EVAPORATED OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD. ABOUT THREE TO FOUR DAYS LATER A TREACALY BROWN SUBSTANCE WAS FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TANKS.

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