Service difficulty report · Filter · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
May 29, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
23,503 hours
Part
Filter
Part number
4952505
Condition
Cracked
Location
Apu Fuel System
Part time
24,353 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING APU PROBLEMS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FUEL FILTER ASSY HAD BOTH ATTACHING POINTS BROKEN AND WAS HANGING THERE BY THE FUEL LINES. THE APPEARANCE OFF THE FRACTURES SEEM TO INDICATE THAT THE CRACK HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AS THERE APPEARS TO BE ALODINE INSIDE THE FRACTURED AREA OF THE ATTACHMENT LUGS. (TC# 20190529007)