Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 2, 2014
Submitted
April 4, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53153
Aircraft time
65,117 hours, 33,767 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Open
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DFW CREW REPORTED ON CLIMB OUT FUEL TANK IMBALANCE APPROACHING LIMITS. ALL PUMPS & CROSS FEED VLVS OPERATED NORMALLY. SUSPECTED FUEL TRANSFER PROBLEM. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED DFW LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL FOUND LT & RT FUELING VLVS IN OPEN POSITION. REFUELED ACFT & VERIFIED FUEL LEVEL USING MEASURING STICKS. SYS GND CHECKED NORMAL, OPERATION CLOSED.

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