What was found
(CAN) FUEL VENT VALVE REPLACE IN RT WING. UPON FUELING THE ACFT, FUEL WAS OBSERVED WEEPING FROM THE FUEL VENT TUBE. ACFT DEFUELLED AND AND VENT VALVE REPLACED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- September 11, 2011
- Submitted
- January 23, 2013
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Found FBA2C1
- Aircraft time
- 1,327 hours
- Engine
- Lyc IO540L1A5
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCC3YR
- System (JASC)
- 2820 · Aircraft Fuel Distribution System
- Part
- Valve
- Part number
- 342700
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Fuel Cell
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.