Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
February 5, 2007
Submitted
February 14, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N198UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
28716
Aircraft time
39,002 hours, 4,792 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Engine time
35,347 hours, 4,353 cycles
Part
Pump
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON TAXI OUT, AFTER 30 MINS OF OPERATION, NR 2 ENG SHUTDOWN WITH NO FAULTS INDICATED. REPLACED BOTH ENGINE FUEL PUMP & FMU. BOTH FUEL PUMP & FMU TESTED "AS-RECEIVED" IN THE COMPONENT SHOP. ONLY DISCREPANCY FOUND IN FUEL PUMP. LOW DISCHARGE FLOW 2583 PPH, VERSUS A MINIMUM LIMIT OF 2688 PPH. THIS SMALL DISCREPANCY SHOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED A FLAMEOUT. FMU PASSED "AS-RECEIVED" TESTING. BOTH UNITS WERE FULLY DISASSEMBLED, & NO ABNORMALITIES FOUND. ENGINE EXPERIENCED NO FURTHER PROBLEMS SINCE FUEL PUMP & FMU REPLACEMENT. [SUP 4-17-07] DATA ON THE FUEL PUMP IS INCLUDED BELOW, AS IT WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF LIMIT AT THE LOW FLOW TEST POINT.