Service difficulty report · Sump · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
September 22, 2015
Submitted
September 23, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N702GH
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1497
Aircraft time
6,067 hours, 3,475 cycles
Part
Sump
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, PAX OBSERVED FUEL LEAKING FROM RT WING. THE LEAK APPEARED TO BE FROM THE RT AILERON & THE OTBD PORTION OF THE WING. EMER WAS DECLARED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CREW COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. CREW LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT. LEAK WAS TRACED BACK TO A FULL RT WING SUMP. RT & LT WING SUMPS DRAINED. NO FURTHER LEAKS NOTED.