Service difficulty report · Flex Hose · Cessna T182T

Difficulty date
August 9, 2018
Submitted
August 13, 2018
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4839T
Make and model
Cessna T182T
Aircraft serial
T18209026
Aircraft time
905 hours
Part
Flex Hose
Part number
R221239
Condition
Disintegrated
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON RAMP, AFTER FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED A PUDDLE OF FUEL UNDER THE ENGINE COWL. FOUND THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP SEAL WAS LEAKING. THE LEAKING FUEL PUMP PROBLEM WAS COMPOUNDING WITH ANOTHER SERIOUS PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE DRAIN HOSE MATERIAL IS NOT FUEL COMPATIBLE. THE HOSE HAD SWELLED, PARTIALLY DISINTEGRATED AND ALLOWED FUEL UNDER SOME PRESSURE TO SPRAY INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INSTEAD OF EXITING OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWL. SIGNS WERE VISIBLE OF THE SPREAD OF FUEL WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INCLUDING ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE TURBO CHARGER AND WASTE GATE ARE ALSO LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO THIS HOSE. THERE WAS POTENTIAL FOR IGNITION BEING A HEAT SOURCE WAS PRESENT.

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