Service difficulty report · Flow Divider · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 8, 2015
Submitted
December 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N852MA
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B5081
Aircraft time
3,716 hours, 7,273 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A135A
Engine time
3,724 hours, 7,208 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Flow Divider
Condition
Leaking
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEPARTING ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN, ACFT HAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS AT AROUND 3000’ ON 120 HEADING. THE ACFT RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING & INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS, A FUEL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER & A FUEL TRANSFER TUBE AROUND THE 5 & 6 O'CLOCK POSITIONS WHERE THE FUEL NOZZLES GO INTO THE GAS GEN CASE.

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