Service difficulty report · Fuel System · Beech 95B55

Difficulty date
January 31, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 95B55
Engine
Cont IO470L
Part
Fuel System
Condition
Ice Crystals
Location
Fuel Sumps
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
O, R
Precautionary procedure
C, A

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

What was found

(CAN) ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE R/H ENGINE FAILED TO DEVELOP FULL POWER. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND A GROUND RUN PERFORMED. A SECOND TAKEOFF WAS ATTEMPTED, THIS TIME DEVELOPING FULL POWER, BUT ONCE AGAIN WHEN AIRBORNE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION AND GROUND RUN COULD FIND NO FAULT, BUT WATER AND ICE CRYSTALS WERE FOUND IN THE FUEL SUMPS. THE SUMPS WERE DRAINERD AND A TEST FLIGHT FOUND THE AIRCRAFT FUNCTIONING NORMALLY.

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