What was found
FUEL CELL RETAINING RING AND CLIP HAD DISLODGED AND MIGRATED TO THE FORWARD SIDE OF THE FUEL CELL, THEN PUNCTURED CELL RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK.
- Difficulty date
- November 19, 2004
- Submitted
- December 9, 2004
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N3818C
- Make and model
- Beech E90
- Aircraft serial
- LW196
- System (JASC)
- 2810 · Fuel Storage
- Part
- Retaining Ring
- Condition
- Dislodged
- Location
- Fuel Cell
- Component
- Fuel Cell
- Component part number
- 909200203
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- K, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
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