Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
March 25, 2001
Submitted
May 2, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N611UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21872
Aircraft time
70,258 hours, 17,362 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Valve
Condition
Miswired
Location
Rt Fuel Tank
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RIGHT TANK INDICATE LESS FUEL THAN LEFT TANK - WITH FUEL FLOW INDICATED AND FUEL USED EACH ENGINE THE SAME. SUSPECT THAT THE RIGHT TANK IS FEEDING LEFT ENGINE EVEN THOUGH X-FEED CLOSE. CHRONIC PROBLEM . SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE CROSSFEED VALVE WIRES WERE FOUND TO BE SWAPPED AT D4942J. WIRES CORRECTED AND CHECKS OF SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH D4942 PERFORMED. SYSTEM OPERATION NORMAL TO DATE.