Service difficulty report · Bladder · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
December 6, 2018
Submitted
December 7, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N134LN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3985
Aircraft time
6,331 hours, 16,862 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
3,240 hours, 6,280 cycles
Part
Bladder
Part number
HM01950021
Condition
Collapsed
Location
Fuel Tank
Part time
116 hours, 424 cycles
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.

What was found

INITIALLY REPLACEING THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR PROBE AFTER FAILING CALIBRATION CHECK. AFTER REMOVAL OF PLUMBING MODULE ASSY (WHICH CONTAINS THE FUEL PUMP, FQI PROBE, AND FLOAT SWITCH), LOOKED INSIDE TANK. FOUND BLADDER HAD COLLAPSED ABOUT MIDWAY FORWARD ON THE TOP OF TANK TO THE TOPSIDE OF THE FORWARD WALL OF TANK.

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