Service difficulty report · Tube · Cndair CL6002C10

Difficulty date
December 19, 2002
Submitted
January 6, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cndair CL6002C10
Engine
Ge CF348C1
Part
Tube
Part number
CC670621042
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuel Cell
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING MAINT. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT FUEL WAS GETTING INTO THE CENTER TANK (CTR. TANK QUANTITY INCREASE OVER TIME) WHEN EVER THE BOOST PUMPS WERE SELECTED ON. INVESTIGATION BY MAINT. IDENTIFIED A CRACK ON TUBE CC670621042 LOCATED IN THE RT SIDE OF THE CENTER TANK. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE TUBE SECTION. THIS CRACK WAS FOUND POST SB 670BA28008. THE SB IS CALLING FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE FWD END OF THE TUBE AND NOT THE AFT END OF THE TUBE WHERE THE CRACK WAS FOUND.