Service difficulty report · Fuel Cell · Beech B300

Difficulty date
April 20, 2015
Submitted
April 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821UP
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft serial
FL908
Aircraft time
763 hours, 617 cycles
Part
Fuel Cell
Part number
25342029902
Part serial
CR1189CR642
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
763 hours, 617 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FUEL LEAK ON RT WING BY WW. REPLACED THE RT AFT BOX & NACELLE FUEL BLADDERS. LEAK CHECKED OK. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS SDR IS BEING SUBMITTED DUE TO A TREND OF NUMEROUS B300 WHEELS UP FLEET FUEL BLADDER LEAK REPORTS. BELIEVES THAT THE LEAKING FUEL BLADDERS ARE THE RESULT OF A BAD BATCH FROM ONE MANUFACTURER. THE REPLACEMENT FUEL BLADDERS ARE FROM A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN RELIABLE.

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