Sat, Mar 06, 2004
Lancair Notifies Columbia Owners Of Potential Fuel Pressure
Transducer Attachment Chafing
We have to give them
credit... discovering a problem on one day and notifying your
customers the next, is a FAST and wholly commendable response...
but about what we'd expect from one of GA's next generation "Big
Three" manufacturers. Lancair is in the process of personally
notifying all owners of Lancair Columbia 300 and 350 aircraft that
there may be an issue with the attachment of the aircraft’s
fuel pressure transducer that could affect their aircraft’s
airworthiness.
The Company became aware of the issue, which is the result of
the fuel pressure transducer chafing against its mounting bracket,
Thursday, after a report from line maintenance technicians
regarding an in-service Columbia. Further inspections of other
Columbia aircraft prompted the Company to recommend ON FRIDAY (just
a day later) that all owners have their aircraft inspected
immediately.
“We’ve mobilized our engineering team and are
finalizing the steps to correct this situation as you read
this,” said Lancair Vice President Ron Wright.
“We’re contacting all of our world-wide sales &
service centers and customers personally right now to inform them
of the problem and have also communicated with the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) requesting the issuance of an Airworthiness
Directive (AD) to ensure that this issue is corrected on all
affected aircraft.” The fuel pressure transducer, which is
located on a low-pressure fuel line, sends fuel flow data to the
aircraft’s cockpit instrumentation. The Lancair Company
expects that the remedy to this issue will be relatively simple and
implemented very rapidly.
“Our chief concern is always for the safety of our
customers and those flying with them,” Wright said. “We
expect that this problem will be corrected on all Columbias in
service before the AD is even issued.”
The pending AD will be the first for a Lancair Columbia
certified aircraft.
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