Service difficulty report · Housing · Agusta A109E

Difficulty date
September 2, 2011
Submitted
September 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911UF
Make and model
Agusta A109E
Aircraft serial
11604
Aircraft time
3,916 hours, 16,041 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW206C
Engine time
3,669 hours, 530 cycles
Part
Housing
Part number
MS9967137
Part serial
BC0433
Condition
Broken
Location
Fuel Filter
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACFT DEPARTED FOR REVENUE FLIGHT. MX WAS NOTIFIED BY GROUND CREW OF POSSIBLE FUEL ON THE HELIPAD. NOTIFIED PILOT OF PRESSENCE OF FUEL AND ADVISED HIM TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UPON MX ARRIVAL AT ACFT, APPLIED POWER TO NR1 FUEL BOOST PUMP AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM NR1 FUEL FILTER HOUSING. REMOVED FUEL FILTER HOUSING AND REPLACED FUEL FILTER AND FUEL FILTER O-RING. REAPPLIED POWER TO ACFT, FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF NR1 FUEL BOOST PUMP COMPLETED. POST MX GROUND RUN REVEALED NO LEAKS FROM AREA. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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