Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
January 3, 2018
Submitted
January 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N962AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
30858
Aircraft time
50,183 hours, 20,858 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Faulty
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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 CRUISE, ALTITUDE FLIGHT LEVEL 340 WITH CROSSFEED, CLOSED CENTER PUMPS ON MAIN TANK PUMPS. ON LEFT MAIN TANK QUANITTY WAS ABOVE WITH IMBALANCE INDICATION, LEFT MAIN TANK WAS 1,200 LBS. LESS THAN RIGHT MAIN TANK. OUR TIME FUEL CHECKS WERE LOW, UP TO 1600 LBS LOWER THAN OUR LIGHT PLAN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MIA. ON FINAL APPROACH INTO MIA ALL FUEL QUANTITY ALERT INDICATIONS WENT BACK TO NORMAL. REMOVED AND REPLACED ENGINE CROSSFEED VALVE PER 28-22-21. OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD. PER 22-22-21-710 ACCOMPLISHED BITE CHECK OF FQIS - NO CURRENT FAULTS NO LAST LEG FAULTS, AND SUMPED MAIN TANKS - NO WATER. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.