Service difficulty report · Pump · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
January 17, 2011
Submitted
January 28, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N700NK
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600700
Engine
Pwa PW535A
Part
Pump
Part number
99121905
Condition
Obstructed
Location
Fuel System
Part time
850 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER A NORMAL START, LT POWER LEVER WAS ADVANCED TO TAXI, AND WHEN RETARDED SLIGHTLY TO ADJUST POWER SETTING, THE "LOW FUEL PRESSURE" ANNUNCIATOR WAS NOTED TO BE ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY FOLLOWED BY THE "LT FUEL PUMP ON" ANNUNCIATOR. TURNING THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP SWITCH TO "OFF" AND BACK TO "NORMAL" EXTINGUISHED THE " LT FUEL PUMP ON" ANNUNCIATOR. THE THROTTLE LEVER WAS ADVANCED, AND RETARDED AS BEFORE, AND THE PROBLEM REPEATED ITSELF. CONFERRING WITH MFG REP, IT WAS SUGGESTED TO INSPECT THE ENG FUEL FILTER, WHICH WAS DONE, AND NOT CONTAMINATES WERE FOUND. THE FUEL PUMP PRESSURE SWITCH, PN 9912033-2 WAS SWAPPED RT TO LT BUT THE PROBLEM DID NOT FOLLOW, AND THEY WERE RETUREND TO THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS. MFG SENT A MX TEAM TO DEFUEL, INSPECT, TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. THE RESULTS WERE FINDING A SMALL (APPARENTLY) PLASTIC FRAGMENT RESTRICTING THE OUTPUT OF THE LT FUEL EJECTOR (JET) PUMP, PN 9912190-5. THE ACFT WAS REFUELED, OPS AND LEAK CHECKED "OK", AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. AS OF THIS WRITING, THE PARTICLE IN QUESTION, AND IT`S SOURCE, HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE FUEL CONTROL WAS RECENTLY REPLACED ON THE LT ENG, AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE, AS IT PROVIDES THE MOTIVE FLOW FUEL PRESSURE TO THE EJECTOR.