Service difficulty report · Fuel Nozzle · Cessna T206H

Difficulty date
December 12, 2009
Submitted
January 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna T206H
Aircraft time
424 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540AJ1A
Propeller
Mcauly B3D36C432
Part
Fuel Nozzle
Condition
Obstructed
Location
Engine
Part time
766 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH FOR LANDING PILOT REPORTED "ROUGHNESS" FROM THE ENGINE AT THE LOWER POWER SETTINGS. GROUND RUNNING CONFIRMED ROUGHNESS WITH BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM TAILPIPE. ONE OF THE FUEL NOZZLE ASSEMBLIES WAS FOUND TO HAVE FUEL DYE RESIDUE, "GUMMY DIRT" PARTIALLY IMPEDING THE UPPER DECK PRESSURE AT THE NOZZLE. ALL SIX NOZZLE ASSEMBLIES INSPECTED, CLEANED , REINSTALLED. GROUND RUNS SATISFACTORY. (TC NR 20091216006)

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