A maintenance technician reported incorrectly installing the fuel pump on a cirrus SR22 aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	1376422
Time
Date	201607
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SR22
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Powerplant Fuel Distribution
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Experience	Maintenance Lead Technician 3 Maintenance Technician 12
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I believe that my training played a part. I have been an a&P for years; but all of that is on corporate aircraft not piston. Also I believe the biggest factor is I did not remove the fuel pump so when I went to install the pump it appeared to me that the drain line could only be installed on the forward sided so that was the [way] it was positioned in the aircraft. It would have been nice if the inline and outline were two different sizes and if the maintenance manual was a little clearer about the installation of the pump.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A maintenance technician reported incorrectly installing the fuel pump on a Cirrus SR22 aircraft.

Narrative: I believe that my training played a part. I have been an A&P for years; but all of that is on corporate aircraft not piston. Also I believe the biggest factor is I did not remove the fuel pump so when I went to install the pump it appeared to me that the drain line could only be installed on the forward sided so that was the [way] it was positioned in the aircraft. It would have been nice if the inline and outline were two different sizes and if the Maintenance manual was a little clearer about the installation of the pump.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.