Service difficulty report · Vent Line · Cndair CL600*

Difficulty date
May 3, 2006
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cndair CL600*
Aircraft time
14,314 hours
Engine
Ge CF341A
Part
Vent Line
Part number
600626401
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuel
Part time
14,534 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) MASTER REFUEL PANEL CHECK TO CHECK VALVE FOR OP, FUEL CAME OUT OF LT NACA SCOOP APPROX 2 GALLON, THEN STOP. MAINT WAS ADVISE THIS WAS ONLY HAPPEN WHEN AC WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT. FIGURED THERE WAS A BAD O-RING IN VENT SYS. FUEL WAS DRAINED, FUEL PANELS REMOVED. NOTICED ON VENT LINE, FUEL WAS LEAKING THRU IT. FOUND PIPE HAD A HOLE, CORRODED. PIPE HAD A CAP INTALLED TO THIS VENT LINE, AN UNNAPROVED MOD WAS C/O ON VENT SYS. SB CAME OUT YEARS EARLIER TO REMOVE DRAIN LINE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO PIPE TO DRAIN ANY FUEL THAT COLLECTED IN VENT SYS BY USE OF EJECTOR PUMP. THIS UNAPPROVED MOD, WATER COLLECTED AT BOTTOM OF PIPE, CORRODED THRU. SB WAS COMPLIED WITH, SYSTEM CHECK SERVICABLE (TC NR 20060515002)