Service difficulty report · Fuel Sys · Cessna 180

Difficulty date
August 10, 2024
Submitted
August 20, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N157S
Make and model
Cessna 180
Aircraft serial
31840
Part
Fuel Sys
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AT TOD AND STOPPED PRODUCING POWER SHORTLY AFTER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON TUNDRA WITH NO DAMAGE. FUEL SUMPS AND GASCOLATOR WERE FOUND TO HAVE WHAT LOOKED LIKE "COTTON OR FILTER LIKE MATERIAL" WHICH WE BELIEVE WAS DRYER LINT. THIS SAME SUBSTANCE WAS FOUND IN OTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE FIELD AND WE BELIEVE SOMEBODY PUT DRYER LINT INTO THE GAS TANKS. NO PART OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.

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