Service difficulty report · Fuel Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 2, 2012
Submitted
July 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N569AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35184
Aircraft time
20,458 hours, 6,604 cycles
Part
Fuel Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel Transfer
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BURNING FUEL FROM THE CENTER TANKS (WITH CROSSFEED CONFIRMED CLOSED) NR 1 TANK QUANTITY DECREASED 1400 POUNDS AND BECAME 1000 LBS LIGHTER THAN TANK NR 3. SUBSEQUENT CROSS FEED OPERATION AND CENTER TANK PUMP OPERATION APPEARED NORMAL, SUSPECT LOW OVERRIDE PUMP PRESSURE. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED UNWANTED FUEL TRANSFER FROM CENTER TANK TO THE NR 2 TANK FIM TASK. REF MM TASK 26-21-00-810-815. NO FAULTS FOUND. ACCOMPLISHED FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION SYS TESTS IAW MM TASK 28-41-00-701-801. PASSES ALL TESTS. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE MALFUNCTION. OPS CHECK GOOD.