Service difficulty report · Pan Assembly · Bell 206B

Difficulty date
November 9, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bell 206B
Engine
Allsn
Part
Pan Assembly
Part number
206031117033
Condition
Blocked Drain
Location
Fuel Sov
Part time
8,296 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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)DURING PRE-FLIGHT, PILOT CYCLED THE FUEL SHUT OFF SYSTEM AND NOTICED A DIFFERENT NOISE THAN NORMAL. FUEL VALVE ACCESS PANEL REMOVED AND PAN AREA WAS FOUND 2/3RDS FULL OF ICE WHICH HAD TOTALLY ENCASED THE FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE. THE PAN DRAIN WAS CLOGGED WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO BACK UP DURING SEVERE RAIN STORM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND DUE TO A DRASTIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE BECAME ICE.

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