Service difficulty report · Sensor · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
May 3, 2007
Submitted
May 29, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N664UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29236
Aircraft time
29,978 hours, 8,688 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Part
Sensor
Part number
10065500002
Part serial
5410
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Fuel Tank
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FUEL IMBALANCE 2600LBS AFTER 5 HOURS FLT. PROCESSOR FAULT HISTORY INDICATES RT MAIN DENSITOMETER MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. RT WING DENSITOMETER WAS REPLACED ON PTT 9832010. FLOAT REPLACED ON PTT 9832014 ON 05MAY2007. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK DENSITOMETER. OLD S/N 5410, NEW S/N 1822. BITE CK GOOD. SUSPECT CALIBRATION DRIFT CAUSED FAULTY SENSOR INPUT.