Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
August 21, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
665 hours, 457 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Fuel Tank
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
DE
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) WHILE LEVELING OFF AT 9000 FT, AFTER FLIGHT IDLE DECENT, NT 2 ENGINE POWER ADVANCED TO 30 PERCENT TORQUE, CREW RECEIVED A FUEL PRESS CAUTION LIGHT TEMPORARY, MOMENTARY TORQUE SURGE AND RETURNED TO NORMAL, HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN LEVELING OFF AT 6000 FT ON SAME FLIGHT. MX COMPLETED EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING INVOLVING A RT FUEL TANK ENTRY. UPON CLOSER INVESTIGATION OF INSIDE OF THE TANK, METAL FILINGS WERE FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF THE COLLECTOR TANK. METAL FILINGS SUSPECTED IN THE DRILLING OF HOLES DURING MFG PHASE OF ACFT. TANK WAS THOROUGHLY CLEANED. FORWARD, AFT, MID WING AND OTBD SCAVENGER EJECTORS IN THE RT WING REMOVED, INSPECTED, CLEANED AND RE-INSTALLED. THE ENGINE FUEL FEED EJECTOR PUMP, P/N 2960008-102 WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. THE FUEL METERING UNIT P/N 819800-9 WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. THE FUEL STRAINER P/N 3049410-01 AND FUEL FILTER P/N 3122425-01 WERE ALSO REPLACED DUE TO DEBRIS FOUND IN THE STRAINER. LEAK, FUNCTION AND ENGINE GROUND RUN COMPLETED WITH NO FURTHER FAULTS.