Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 14, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48489
Part
Control Unit
Part number
360112004
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuel Qty Syst
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A, J

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

What was found

LEVEL 2 FUEL QUANTITY USED CHECK ALERT ILLUMINATED APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. ACCOMPLISHED THE CHECK LIST, THEN RAN FUEL SYSTEM IN MANUAL WITH NO APPARENT LOSS OF FUEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. RETURNED SYSTEM TO AUTO AND OBSERVED ABNORMAL DEPLETION OF FUEL. PRIOR TO RUNNING CHECK LIST WE WERE SHORT APPROXIMATELY 3600 TO 4200 LBS OF FUEL. REPLACED THE FUEL QUANTITY DATA CONTROL UNIT.

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