Originally Posted by
Cloudee
From the report:
Post-occurrence actions and maintenance
On the day following the occurrence (3 March 2018), a fuel drain was conducted and a significant but unquantified amount of water was drained. The aircraft was then refuelled with 650 lb of fuel from sealed drums and the subsequent fuel drain did not contain a significant amount of water. The engines were ground run and no fuel leaks were evident. The fuel pump pressure low and fuel level low annunciators were checked to be operating as satisfactory.
Based on this evidence, and an assessment that both engines had likely lost power due to fuel exhaustion, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) issued the operator with a special flight permit to allow the aircraft to be flown to Broome.
3rd of March being a Saturday.
Hello Casa on a Saturday.
Aircraft was disturbed following the "emergency" and NO detail of water quantity recorded.
Stick in fuel (it indicated it had fuel prior) and ground run it.
No fuel leaks - No surprise it did not have enough before the noise stopped. IT WAS NOT A FUEL LEAK ISSUE!
With that "evidence" issue a Special Flight Permit.
No filter changes or checks of the engine fuel system or any real fuel system maintenance checks.
Yep nothin fishy here.
CASA again on a Saturday!!!!!! nothin fishy here.