Service difficulty report · Probe · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
August 17, 2019
Submitted
August 20, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N277AY
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
380
Aircraft time
83,547 hours, 11,757 cycles
Part
Probe
Part number
201300116
Condition
Unreliable
Location
Fuel Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS DURING FLIGHT WERE MONITORING FUEL BURN & FUEL PG SLIGHTLY DOWN ON FUEL INITIALLY, THEN SLIGHTLY UP FOR OVER 1HR 45MIN. THEN 2HRS & 23 MIN INTO FLIGHT NOTICED 3300 MORE POUNDS IN LEFT INNER TANK THEN RIGHT(13,060 US 9780) OTHER INDICATIONS NML EXCEPT DOWN 2,000 #'S TOTAL. THEN TAIL TANK FED RIGHT INNER BUT IT WENT HIGHER THEN LEFT (10.800 VS 13,200) THEN THEY BALANCED OUT AT ABOUT 2:53 INTO FLT (STILL DOWN 2100 #'S TOTAL) THEN AT 3:10 INTO FLT LEFT GOES UP BY 1100 #'S MORE THAN RIGHT THEN AT 3:36 INTO FLIGHT BOTH SIDES STABILIZED BUT DOWN 3100S TOTAL. PARKING AT LAX FUEL DOWN ONLY 2700'S FOB US PLAWWED, ALSO NOTICED 3:45 MIN INTO FLT TOTAL FUEL SHOWED BY GAUGES IN ALL TANKS EQUALS 33,600 BUT FOB 27,200. NOTE FUEL USED & FOB EQUALS CORRECT #, BUT TANKS SHOW OVER 6,000 LBS MORE ADDED UP. UPON SUTDOWN AT LAX FUEL TANKS READ 0+22+74.6 (LEFT) 0+2080+7140 (RIGHT) 19,080 #'S VS 14,800 FOB, FUEL USED (73,380) + FOB 14.8=87 + CHANGE WHICH IS WHAT WE LEFT WITH CORRECT # - BUT INDIVIDUAL TANKS ARE READING MUCH MORE -TNKS READ 4,280#'S MORE THAN FOB. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED FQI PROBES; FIN 28GH, 30QT1, 30QT2, 28QT2 AND 123QT2. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW A330 AMM 28-42-15 PB 401 AND 57-27-11-400-801-A.

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