What was found
WHILE PERFORMING A POSTFLIGHT CHECK, FOUND APU FUEL PRESSURE LINE CHAFED. IT WAS CHAFING THE APU HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE SWITCH CONNECTOR PLUG P-12. THE FUEL LINE WAS CHAFED APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF THE WALL THICKNESS.
- Difficulty date
- September 11, 2002
- Submitted
- October 11, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N328PM
- Make and model
- Dorner DO328300
- Aircraft serial
- 3184
- Engine
- Pwa PW306B
- System (JASC)
- 4930 · APU Engine Fuel and Control
- Part
- Line
- Part number
- 001A282A5100006
- Condition
- Chafed
- Location
- Apu Fuel
- Part time
- 889 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.