Service difficulty report · Fuel Cell · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
September 6, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
20,053 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Fuel Cell
Part number
253420
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) FUEL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE RT WING ON LANDING. THE INBD AFT FUEL CELL WAS R & R. THIS CORRECTED THE FUEL LEAK. ON INSPECTION OF THE REMOVED FUEL CELL, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SMALL INTERCONNECT NIPPLE HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CELL. THE FUEL CELL HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN JULY OF 2009.