Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
February 20, 2014
Submitted
February 28, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N558AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53088
Aircraft time
65,275 hours, 33,634 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ELP INFLIGHT DFW-SAN CREW REPORTED UNWANTED FUEL TRANSFER IN FLIGHT. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT DIVERTED ELP LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. PERFORMED CHECK VLV FLUSH PROCEDURE. OPERATED PUMPS & NO TRANSFER NOTED. SYS GND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION CLOSED.

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