Service difficulty report · Warning System · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
May 21, 2005
Submitted
June 3, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48421
Aircraft time
48,948 hours, 9,751 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
Activated
Location
Fuel Qty Sys
Stage of operation
CL
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

5 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF LAT FUEL IMB.C/W QRH HAD YELLOW NR 3 FUEL QTY LAT FUEL IMBALANCE ALERT EXT LATER FUEL QTY FAULT. C/W QRH. TIP TANK LOW ALERT. C/W QRH AND ALERT EXT TIP TANK LOW ALERT AGAIN, BEGAN QRH THEN GOT TIP TNK TRAPPED ALERT WITH 5700 BELOW ON SD. TURNED ON ALL CROSSFEED VALVES ACCORDING TO QRH. LAT FUEL FUEL IMB ALERT WITH 18000 TANK 1, 8000 TANK 3. BALANCED TANKS BEFORE LANDING. LANDING UNEVENTFUL AT KDEN. T/S NR 3 FUEL QTY SYS AND REPLACED BOTH INNER AND OUTER MJP'S. REPLACED MJP'S PER MD-11 MM 28-41-40-4. LEAKED CHECKED MJP'S. ALL PROBES AND COMPUTERS READ NORMAL FUEL QTY TEST NORMAL. NO TIP TANK TRAPPED WARNINGS OCCURED. SYSTEM OPERATES NORMALLY.

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