Service difficulty report · Elbow · Boeing 727222

Difficulty date
January 4, 2000
Submitted
October 4, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7263U
Make and model
Boeing 727222
Aircraft serial
21410
Aircraft time
62,930 hours, 35,912 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Elbow
Part number
69186128
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuel Tank
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WITH FUEL PANEL CONFIGURED TO BURN OUT OF NR 2 TANK ONLY, 900 POUNDS OF FUEL WERE USED FROM TANK NR 3. ALL X-FEEDS WERE OPEN AND FORWARD PUMPS WERE OFF IN TANKS NR 1 AND NR 3. AFTER CORRECTING IMBALANCE BETWEEN TANKS NR 1 AND NR 3, RECONFIGURED FUEL PANEL TO BURN OUT OF NR 2 ONLY. NR 1 AND NR 3 QUANTITIES REMAINED EQUAL. *S/D* FOUND CRACKED FUEL TANK ELBOW. REPLACED ELBOW.