Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
April 17, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft time
1,069 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2D
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Failed
Location
Filter Bowl
Part time
796 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
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 PLACING FUEL FILTER IN FUEL BOWL O-RING BROKE CAUSING PIECE OF O-RING TO CONTAMINATE HIGH PRESSURE PUMP AND HMU ASSY. THE TOP OF THE SHORT STANDPIPE IN THE FILTER BOWL IS VERY SHARP NOT CHAMFERED, MAKING THE ASSY HARD WHEN YOU PUSH THE FILTER WITH THE TOP HOUSING ONTO THE FILTER BOWL, YOU HAVE TO USE ASSY FLUID AND EVEN WITH ASSY FLUID YOU HAVE TO BE REAL CAREFUL AND WHEN YOU SCRAPE THE O-RING. THE FILTER WILL CAUSE FUEL TO LEAK ON THE OVERBOARD DRAIN WITH THE BOOST PUMP RUNNING. THEY HAVE COME OUT WITH A THICKER O-RING BUT THE CHANCE OF SCRAPING AND CONTAMINATION IS STILL HIGH.