# SDR AU970267

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 17, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Gulstm 500S
- Engine: Lyc IO540E1B5
- Propeller: Hartzl HCA3VK2
- System (JASC): [2810 · Fuel Storage](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2810)
- Part: Fuel Cell
- Part number: 5630061502
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Fuel Storage
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: K
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU970267

## Discrepancy

(AUS) RH WING FUEL CELL LEAKING - ON REMOVAL OF THE TANK EXTENSIVE DETERIORATION OF THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COATING OF TANK WAS EVIDENT - THE CELL WAS MANUFACTURED IN NOVEMBER 1978 AND CONSTRUCTED FROM BTC-67 MATERIAL

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