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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00569R000600360036-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: May 25, 1962
• Content Type: CABLE

DATE
Approved For Release 200ffFJ11A M0569
25 MAY 62 17l5Z
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PRITY
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1. LOW LEVEL FUEL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DURING HIGHER HQS MISSION
FLOWN ON ARTICLE 343 ON 22 MAY AFTER FLIGHT DURATION OF 6 HRS 47 MIN.
2. THE ARTICLE WAS DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE ALTERNATE
WHICH NECESSITATED CONTINUATION OF FLIGHT FOR APPROX 49 MIN AND THE
LIGHT REMAINED ON UNTIL AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN,
3. AFTER LANDING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS APPROX 33
GALS IN THE SUMP TANK WITH APPROX 123 GALS TOTAL FUEL ABOARD THE
AIRCRAFT, ALL OF THE FUEL WAS IN THE RIGHT MAIN TANK EXCEPT THE SUMP
TANK FUEL, THE RIGHT WING HAD BEEN RESTING ON THE RAMP FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME WHICH MAY HAVE ALLOWED SOME FUEL TO TRANSFER ACROSS FROM
THE LEFT SIDE,
4, THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE FOR THE FUEL FEEDING MALFUNCTION WOULD
SEEM TO INDICATE A LACK OF ADEQUATE AIR PRESSURE TO MAIN TANKS A
CLOGGED FUELLINE FROM MAIN TO SUMP TANK OR TRASH IN THE SUMP TANK
FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE.
5e THE 200 MESH FUEL. SCREEN WAS CHECKED AND SOME TRASH AND FOREIGN
MATERIALS WERE DISCOVERED. ALSO WATER DROPLETS WERE OBSERVED IN THE
SEC R E T
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FUEL DRAINED FROM THE ARTICLE, WE HAVE NEVER FOUND AN ACCUMULATION 25X1A
OF TRASH IN THE FILTER ON FLIGHTS OUT OF EXCEPT ON REFUELING
SORTIES, HOWEVER! REPORTS NO EVIDENCE OF TRASH IN THEIR FUEL
EITHER SO IT IS NOT KNOWN FOR SURE AS TO WHERE THE TRASH CAME FROM, 25X1A
60 THE ARTICLE WAS FERRIED BACK TO WITH AN ADEQUATE
AMOUNT OF JPA FUEL LOADED SO AS TO PROVIDE REASONAILE ASSURANCE OF
A SAFE FERRY FLIGHT, NO DIFFICULTIES WERE EXPERIENCED EXCEPT FUEL
FROM THE RIGHT MAIN TANK FED SLOWLY OR NOT AT ALL,
7, THE TANKS WERE DRAINED AND FLUSHED. THE MAIN TANKS WERE
SERVICED AND A SERIES OF TIME CHECKS WERE MADE TO DETERMINE TIME
REQUIRED TO FILL THE TANK UNTIL THE LOW LEVEL LIGHT WAS OUT, FROM
THE RIGHT TANK TIME REQUIRED WAS 6 MIN PLUS 2 SEC, 4 MIN PLUS to
SEC, AND 3 MIN PLUS A9 SEC, FROM THE LEFT SIDE TIMES WERE 3 MIN
PLUS 49 SEC AND 3 MIN PLUS 30 SEC
8,o. FUEL FEEDING FROM THE LEFT SIDE WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL BUT THE
FIRST TEST' FROM THE RIGHT" SIDE REQUIRED FAR TOO MUCH TIME, IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT TRASH WAS PRESENT IN THE LINE AND WAS FLUSHED INTO THE
SUMP TANK WHICH COULD ACCOUNT FOR THE NORMAL TIME ON THE THIRD
TEST, AIR PRESSURE IN BOTH MAIN TANK, WAS NORMAL AND THE CROSS FEED
WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE NORMAL*
9, WE PROPOSE TO GO INTO THE SUMP TANK AND RECOVER ANY TRASH THAT
MAY BE PRESENT ALSO IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO DO THE SAME THING IN THE
MAIN TANKS, THE LINES WILL ALSO BE CHECKED, AFTER AN INSPECTION OF
THE TANKS HAS BEEN MADE IT WILL BE DETERMINED AT THAT TIME AS TO
WHAT FURTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION MUST BE TAKEN
10, ARTICLE IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF COMMISSION UNTIL APPROX
29 MAY,
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