Service difficulty report · Drain · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
June 22, 2005
Submitted
June 24, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N609QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605522
Aircraft time
566 hours
Part
Drain
Part number
68C48
Condition
Popped
Location
Fuel Sys
Part time
566 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

FORWARD RT FUSELAGE STATIC DRAIN VALVE NOT FLUSH. NEW UNIT ORDERED AND INSTALLED, LEAK CHECKED. DURING REMOVAL OF SUSPECTED BAD PART, ENTIRE CORE POPPED OUT, CONDITION WOULD HAVE DIRECTLY OPENED STATIC SYSTEM. CORE OF UNIT APPEARS TO BE PRESSED AND GLUED INTO PLACE, VERY LITTLE GLUE RESIDUE APPEARED ON CORE OR BASE. THIS IS A RVSM A/C. ALSO, THE VERBIAGE IN THE IPC REFERS TO IT AS A FUEL DRAIN NOT A STATIC DRAIN.

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