Service difficulty report · Fuel Sys · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
June 4, 2006
Submitted
June 9, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N997QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500208
Aircraft time
3,429 hours, 2,070 cycles
Part
Fuel Sys
Condition
Leaking
Location
Wing
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL 330, WING OVER FULL LT CAS MSG ILLUMINATED. SHORTLY AFTER FUEL BEGAN STREAMING FROM WING. CONDUCTED A RT 360 DEGREE TURN AND VENTING STOPPED. 5 MINS LATER FUEL BEGAN TO VENT AGAIN AND THEN STOPPED. THIS OCCURRED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES WITH A LOSS OF 400 LBS TOTAL OF FUEL. VERIFIED FUEL HAS BEEN IN SURGE TANK, VENTED OVERBOARD. OPENED SURGE TANK. NO DEFECTS FOUND. REMOVED HIGH LEVEL FLOAT IN WING FUEL TANK. SUBMERGED IN FUEL. NO DEFECTS FOUND. REINSTALLED FLOAT. GAINED ACCESS TO IB END OF FUEL VENT LINE IN WING ROOT, NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHECKED FLAPPER VALVES NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED ALL UNIONS ON VENT LINE. NO DEFECTS FOUND IAW TEAM X, AMCC C/W S/B ON LT AND RT WING VENT SYS. LEAK CHECKS GOOD.

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