Service difficulty report · Filter · Aerosp ATR72201

Difficulty date
September 21, 2003
Submitted
July 22, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72201
Engine
Pwa PW124B
Part
Filter
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fuel Pump
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, M
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CLIMB, ENGINE ITT ROSE AND ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO TLA INPUT. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS MADE. POST EVENT EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT METERING VALVE OF THE HMU WAS JAMMED BY A PIECE OF EPOXY MATERIAL. BORE (DOWNSTREAM) SURFACE OF FUEL FILTER SHOWED AN LARGE DEPOSIT OF EPOXY, WHICH APPARENTLY WAS AN EXCESS OVERFLOW OF MATERIAL USED TO SECURE END CAPS TO BARREL OF FILTER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE SUPPLIER OF THE PUMP ASSEMBLY HAS SHOWN THAT INCIDENT FILTER, WHILE MARKED TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF SUPPLIER, WAS NOT, IN FACT, MADE BY SUPPLIER. SUPPLIER HAVE ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO FIELD TO INSPECT PW100 FILTERS FOR POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF EPOXY IN BORE OF UNIT.

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