Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
July 5, 2024
Submitted
July 9, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
29507
Aircraft time
64,801 hours, 26,916 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Fuel Tank
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: THE LEFT CENTER TANK FUEL BOOST PUMP LOW PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ONWITH 700 LBS INDICATED REMAINING IN CENTER FUEL TANK. SUBSEQUENTLY THE LEFT MAIN TANK FUEL QUANTITY BEGAN TO DECREASE WHILE THERIGHT MAIN TANK FUEL QUANTITY STAYED THE SAME AS THE RIGHT CENTER TANK FUEL PUMP CONTINUED TO FEED THE REMAINING 700 LBS FROM THE CENTER TANK. EVENTUALLY A 1000 LB FUEL IMBALANCE DEVELOPED BETWEEN MAIN TANKS. THIS WAS CORRECTED BY FOLLOWING THE QRH. THEREWAS NO TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERED AND LOAD FACTORS WERE NORMAL THROUGHOUT. (OPEN).