Service difficulty report · Tube · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
April 27, 2015
Submitted
April 28, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815GV
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC78
Aircraft time
21,546 hours, 25,718 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Engine time
1,122 hours, 1,828 cycles
Part
Tube
Part number
3040637
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
1,122 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, R
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PILOT ABORTED TAKE OFF DUE TO LOW AND FALLING TORQUE ON LEFT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED LEFT ENGINE AND DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE DELIVERY TUBE (PN: 3040637) HAD DEVELOPED A LEAK. CHAFFING HAD OCCURRED BETWEEN THE FUEL DELIVERY TUBE AND THE STARTER GENERATOR HOSE. THIS CHAFFING EVENTUALLY WORE A HOLE THRU THE FUEL LINE CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND SUBSEQUENT FUEL LEAKAGE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE AND VERIFIED CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE TWO COMPONENTS LISTED ABOVE.

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