Service difficulty report · Seal · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
September 21, 2003
Submitted
February 9, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N511SB
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
1090592D
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fuel Pump
Part time
3,132 hours
Component
Pump
Component part number
6899253
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FUEL PUMP FOUND LEAKING. HAD TO BLEED THE FUEL SYSTEM BEFORE FACT WHEN NO MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM AT THAT POINT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PUMP SEAL WAS LEAKING. SUSPECT THAT WAS WHY THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE PULLED AFTER HAVING SAT SEVERAL DAYS. REMOVED PUMP.