Service difficulty report · Sensor · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
July 1, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft time
33,227 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Sensor
Part number
1143890407
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Fuel
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED HIS FUEL FEED ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT, WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT ACFT WAS ALMOST OUT OF FUEL. UPON CHECK OF OTHER GAUGES IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL QTY WAS STILL GOOD AND HIS LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED, WHICH BOTH THOSE INDICATED THAT HE HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL ONBOARD. IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WAS JUST A INDICATION ERROR WITH THE FUEL FEED SYS AND THE SYS WAS DEFERRED IAW THE MEL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE SENSOR AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE THE CORRECT PN BUT IN COMPARISON TO ANOTHER SENSOR THEY WERE PHYSICALLY DIFFERENT. THE FUEL FEED SENSOR THAT WAS REMOVED AND FOUND TO BE CAUSING THE FUEL FEED INDICATION ERROR HAD BEEN INCORRECTLY LABELED BY THE MFG. THE MODEL NR ON IT IS CORRECT, BUT THE PN ON IT IS ACTUALLY FOR THE LOW LEVEL SENSOR NOT THE FUEL FEED SENSOR. THIS SENSOR INSTALLED IN THE WRONG LOCATION DUE TO THE WRONG PN CAUSES THE FUEL FEED SYSTEM INDICATION TO WORK INCORRECTLY, GIVING THE FLIGHT CREW FALSE INDICATION THAT THEY ARE OUT OF FUEL.

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