Service difficulty report · Monitor · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
November 18, 2008
Submitted
December 18, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft time
15,119 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Mcauly 4HFR34C762
Part
Monitor
Condition
Faulty
Location
Fuel Qty
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

(CAN) PILOT REPORT ERRATIC ON FUEL QTY INDICATION. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED FAULTY CONTROL MONITOR. MONITOR REPLACED BY REPAIRED UNIT THAT FAILED 2 DAYS LATER, REPLACED WITH OTHER ONE FROM SAME VENDOR THAT DOESN`T WORK, SWAPPED WITH AN SERVICEABLE UNIT FROM AN OTHER ACFT (FLTS) TO CONFIRMED TROUBLESHOOTING. IT TAKES 3 DIFFERENT UNIT TO FINALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM.