Service difficulty report · Auto Feed Syst · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
October 18, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N404FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
233
Part
Auto Feed Syst
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Inner Tank
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL 370 CREW NOTICED LEFT FUEL FEED MSG ON ECAM. FUEL PAGE SHOWED NO FUEL WAS BURNING FROM THE INNER TANKS, X-FEED WAS OPENED. O/B FUEL WAS 3.2 + 3.0, LEFT INNER PUMPS WERE TURNED OFF, THEN BACK ON AFTER SEEING NO FUEL BURN. NO ECAM WARNINGS OCCURRED, INNER TANKS STARTED BURN ON GND. REMOVED AND REPLACED RELAY 133QA PER 28-21-00 PRECAUTIONARY, SYS OPS CK NORMAL IN MANUAL MODE PER MM 28-21-00. PRECAUTIONARY INOP AUTO FEED SYS. TRANSFERRED TO DDL PER MEL 28-11 CAT B, EXP 10-20-95 CTL NR 1018068.

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