What was found
FOUND THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP DRIVE SPLINE HAD CORRODED. AIRFRAME FUEL SYS SHOWED NO SIGNS OF CONTAMINATION. FUEL PUMP OUTLET FILTER WAS CONTAMINATED & CHANGED, FUEL SYS PURGED AND FUEL NOZZLES CHANGED OUT. HC
- Difficulty date
- February 18, 2013
- Submitted
- May 17, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N162SA
- Make and model
- Cessna 208B
- Aircraft serial
- 208B0548
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A114A
- System (JASC)
- 7314 · Engine Fuel Pump
- Part
- Pump
- Part number
- 025323150
- Part serial
- 1684
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Nr 1 Engine
- Part time
- 4,942 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.