Service difficulty report · Tube

Difficulty date
December 5, 2015
Submitted
January 7, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5025P
Part
Tube
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fuel System
Part time
2,220 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FUEL TUBING BADLY CORRODED AND SEEPING WHERE TUBING COMES INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH HEADLINER BACKING INSIDE OF CABIN. AREAS WHERE CORROSION FOUND BEHIND REAR SECTION OF HEADLINER ON RT SIDE OF ACFT. PROBABLE CAUSE MAY BE GALVANIC CORROSION BETWEEN ALUMINUM TUBING AND HEADLINER BACKING. RESEARCH POINTS TO ORIGINAL. ACFT MFG WHO HAD USED WOOL BACKING ON SOME OF ITS HEADLINERS. ACFT IS ALWAYS HANGARED AND INTERIOR SHOWS NO SIGN OF MOISTURE INFILTRATION. RECOMMENDED SLEEVING FUEL TUBING IN THERSE AREAS WITH NON-REACTIVE MATERIAL TO PREVENT CONTACT WITH HEADLINER, OR HEADLINER REPLACEMENT.