Service difficulty report · Gasket · Dhav DHC3

Difficulty date
June 16, 2000
Submitted
July 24, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC3
Aircraft time
22,383 hours
Engine
Orenda OE600A
Part
Gasket
Condition
Blown
Location
Gaskets
Component
Gaskets · Orenda
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) AIRCRAFT CENTER FUEL TANK INADVERTENTLY FUELED WITH JET B IN KANGIRSUK, QUE ALTHOUGH SEALED DRUM CLEARLY MARKED JET B IT ALSO LABELLED GASOLINE 100 LL NR 19 OF 30 ON M. AIRCRAFT THEN FLEW FROM YAS TO MNR CAMP AT KANGISAVIP LAKE USING ONLY FIRST TANK, UNLOADED AND RETURNING TO YAS. JUST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, PILOT SELECTED CENTER TANK FOR RETURN TRIP. JUST AFTER LIFT OFF, ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND SUFFERED REDUCTION IN POWER OUTPUT, AN INCREASE IN COOLANT TEMP AND PRESSURE ALSO NOTED. SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING CARRIED OUT. AN INTERNAL INSP CARRIED OUT REF. C AR625 APP.G . INSP REVEALED BLOWN HEADGASKET.