Service difficulty report · Connector · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
December 31, 2016
Submitted
January 5, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N800WJ
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258437
Aircraft time
13,939 hours, 8,843 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Pressure Switch
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON 12-31-2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 CST, PIC OBSERVED A LOW PRESSURE FUEL LIGHT AND A NOTICEABLY INCREASING FUEL IMBALANCE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED, DOUR TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND DEBRIS IN THE CONNECTOR PLUG TO THE LOW PRESSURE SWITCH. THE DEBRIS WAS CLEANED AND CONNECTOR INSTALLED. THE FUEL TRANSFER, CROSSFEED VALVE AND FOUND IT WET WITH WATER. CLEANED AND COVERED VALVE IN GREASE IAW AMM 28-20-00. PERFORMED MULTIPLE ENGINE RUNS IAW MM 71-00-00 AT DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE FUEL TRANSFERS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT CHECK WAS SATISFACTORILY PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.