Service difficulty report · Fuel Line · Cessna 310D

Difficulty date
July 11, 2000
Submitted
October 2, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 310D
Aircraft time
4,280 hours
Engine
Cont IO470D
Part
Fuel Line
Condition
Broken
Location
At The Flare
Part time
108 hours
Component
Fuel Pressure Ho · Aeroquip · AE7013127022
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) BOTH LT AND RT FUEL PRESSURE LINES WERE MADE LOCALLY BY OTHERS OUT OF -2 SOFT COPPER. COPPER MOST LIKELY WORK HARDENED AND CRACKED. CORRECT P/N HOSES AS ABOVE WILL NOT FIT IN AIRCRAFT AS AIRCRAFT USES -2 FITTING ON BACK OF PUMP AND FIREWALL. ACCORDING TO MIL AERO, THESE HOSE ASSEMBLIES ARE -4 HOSE WITH SPECIAL -3 ENDS. TWO HOSES WERE MADE OF AEROQUIP 306 -2 RUBBER HOSE AND INSTALLED. (X)

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