Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
August 13, 2005
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
10038901819
Condition
No Indication
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FUEL WARNING LIGHT WOULD NOT INDICATE WHEN A/C WAS SHUT DOWN, IT IS SUPPOSE TO UNDER NORMAL PROCEDURES. SWITCH WAS REPLACED WITH SAME PART NUMBER AND CORRECT AS PER IPC. NEW SWITCH ALSO WOULD NOT WORK. A SECOND NEW SWITCH WAS TRIED, IT ALSO DID NOT WORK. AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH BEECHCRAFT TECHNICAL REP, IT WAS DISCOVERED SWITCH HAS A VENT HOLE SHOULD BE OPEN TO ATMOSPHERE. FAILING SWITCHES HAD METAL TAG THAT COVERED THE VENT HOLE. SUSPECT SWITCHES HAD TAG REMOVED AND THE SWITCHES WERE TESTED AND FOUND SERVICEABLE. INFORMATION WAS FORWARDED TO BEECHCRAFT AND THEY ARE INFORMING THE VENDOR OF THIS ERROR.