SDR 96ZZZX140

Service difficulty report · Fuel Qty Ind · Stbros SD330

Difficulty date
December 13, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N55AN
Make and model
Stbros SD330
Aircraft serial
SH3025
Part
Fuel Qty Ind
Part number
710920
Condition
Out Of Cal
Location
Aft Fuel Tank
Component
Intertechniq · 710920
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

CRW - AIRCRAFT FUELED TO 3,950 POUNDS FUEL. EN ROUTE FROM CRW TO MEM, CREW OBSERVED AN IMBALANCE OF FUEL. CROSSFEED PROCEDURES SELECTED UNTIL IMBALANCE CORRECTED. ON DESCENT INTO MEM (VFR MODERATE TURBULENCE), CROSSFEED LIGHT CAME ON, CROSSFEED WAS VERIFIED CLOSED. ON FINAL, RT ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE, CREW ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN RT ENG AND NOTIFIED MEM THEY WERE SINGLE ENGINE AND THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY. ONCE ON THE GROUND, FUEL TANKS WERE DIP STICKED FINDING THE AFT TANKS NEAR EMPTY. RT ENG RESTARTED AND RAN NORMAL. FUEL GAUGE DEFERRED PER MEL. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MX CHECKED FUEL QTY INDICATING SYS CALIBRATION AND FUEL SYS AFT FUEL TANK INDICATING CORRECTED AND MEL CLEARED.