Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
August 6, 2008
Submitted
August 22, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N500PH
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0187E
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
369H81445
Condition
Leaking
Location
Eng Fuel Pump
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON OR AROUND 5:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST, 2008, WHILE CONDUCTING A POST FLIGHT INSP, DISCOVERED SOME OIL LEAKAGE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AS HE WAS INVESTIGATING LEAKAGE, NOTICED THAT THE FUEL FILTER PRESSURE SWITCH HAD PLAYED BETWEEN TWO BODY HALVES AND HAD SOME FUEL LEAKAGE. AT WHICH TIME, GROUNDED HELICOPTER, RESCHEDULED OUR FLIGHTS FOR NEXT DAY, AND ORDERED THE PART TO REPAIR THE FAULT. AT THIS TIME, HAVE NO PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THIS INCIDENT BUT DID INFORM THE MECHANIC TO USE CAUTION IN TORQUING THE LINES AND FITTINGS THAT CONNECT THIS PART TO THE ENGINE. (K)

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