Service difficulty report · Fuel Cell · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 9, 2013
Submitted
March 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N569AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35184
Aircraft time
23,113 hours, 7,330 cycles
Part
Fuel Cell
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LT AND RT FUEL TANK GAUGES FLUCTUATE /- 700 POUNDS DURING FUELING, CLIMB AND CRUISE. ACFT GROUNDED. FQIS BITE IAW FIM 28-41, TASK 801 SHOWS FAULT CODES 28-41108 COMPENSATOR DATA BAD AND 28-41208 COMPENSATOR DATA BAD FOR NR 1 AND NR 2 TANKS RESPECTIVELY AND DEGRADED ACCURACY FAULTS LOGGED FOR EACH OF THE LAST 25 LEGS. ACCOMPLISHED T/S FOR FAULTS 28-41108 AND 28-41208 IAW FIM 28-41, TASK 807. INITIAL EVALUATION (SELF-TEST) CONFIRMED FAULTS. SUMPED TANKS IAW MM 12-11-00-680-801 APPROXIMATELY TWO CUPS OF WATER FOUND IN EACH. AFTER WATER WAS REMOVED, FQIS SELF-TEST SHOWED NO FAULTS. PERFORMED FQIS OPS TEST IAW MM 28-41-00 - ALL TESTS PASS.