Service difficulty report · Hose · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
November 24, 2006
Submitted
January 19, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft time
1,114 hours
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312
Part
Hose
Part number
244224152
Part serial
M5753603
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fuel System
Part time
1,266 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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) AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT WITH FULL FUEL, A MINOR FUEL SEEP WAS DISCOVERED COMING FROM RT FUSELAGE FUEL TANK TO WING FLEX HOSE ASSY. DURING REPLACEMENT OF RT HOSE WITH FULL LT WING FUEL IT WAS DISCOVERED THE LT FUSELAGE TO WING FUEL FLEX HOSE ALSO HAD A MINOR SEEP. THIS IS ONLY NOTICEABLE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IS SITTING FOR A FEW HOURS WITH FULL FUEL IN THE WINGS. ON INVESTIGATION OF OUR OTHER AIRCRAFT IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RT FLEX HOSE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THESE ARE P/N 244224151 AND 244224152 FLEX HOSE ASSEMBLIES. (TC NR 20061206005)