Service difficulty report · Pump · Swrngn SA227AT

Difficulty date
November 20, 2016
Submitted
November 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N241DH
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AT
Aircraft serial
AT607B
Aircraft time
26,269 hours, 22,503 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
1C495
Part serial
12F0170M
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
9,064 hours, 7,689 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE PILOT WAS EN-ROUTE WHEN THE RT FUEL TRANSFER LIGHT ILLUM. FOLLOWED THE QRH AND SWITCHED TO THE RT AUX FUEL BOOST PUMP FROM THE MAIN AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. MINUTES LATER THE LT FUEL TRANSFER LIGHT ILLUM AND FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCEDURES AND SWITCHED BOOST PUMPS BUT THE LT TRANSFER LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. VERIFIED THE QUANTITY OF FUEL REMAINING AND THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BURNED TO ESTABLISH THERE WAS FUEL AVAILABLE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE CONTINUED TROUBLE SHOOTING AND REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH RIGHT MAIN AND AUXILIARY BOOST PUMPS WITH OVERHAULED UNITS.