Service difficulty report · Fuel Cell · Agusta A109E

Difficulty date
May 8, 2017
Submitted
May 10, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N127AM
Make and model
Agusta A109E
Aircraft serial
11641
Aircraft time
2,201 hours, 6,930 cycles
Part
Fuel Cell
Part number
109090040211
Condition
Leaking
Location
Left
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AN ODOR OF FUEL THROUGHOUT THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND THAT THE LT FORWARD FUEL CELL HAD A SMALL PIN HOLE SIZE LEAK AROUND THE FORWARD FUEL QUANTITY PROBE MOUNT FLANGE RUBBER SEAM. THE RT FORWARD FUEL CELL APPEARS DRY HOWEVER IT HAS A LINE ACROSS THE AFT PORTION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SEAPAGE THROUGH THE RUBBERIZED FABRIC AT SOME POINT AND IS SUSPECT TO FUTURE FAILURE. THE LT FUEL CELL HAD BEEN RECENTLY REPLACED.

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