Service difficulty report · Motor · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 1, 2014
Submitted
June 4, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N557AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35176
Aircraft time
30,517 hours, 8,975 cycles
Part
Motor
Part number
609891005
Part serial
060607063
Condition
Vibration
Location
Fuel Pump
Part time
30,546 hours, 8,985 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHEN CENTER TANK FUEL WAS NEARLY EMPTY, A VIBRATION WHICH IMMEDIATELY STOPPED WHEN CENTER PUMPS WERE TURNED OFF. VIBRATION NOT NOTICED UNTIL CENTER BOOST PUMP SWITCHES WERE TURNED OFF AS THE LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLICKER. ACFT GROUNDED. TRANSFERRED FUEL TO CENTER TANK. USING LT CTR BOOST PUMP, TRANSFERRED FUEL TO WING TANKS. DUPLICATED CYCLIC VIBRATION. VIBRATION BEGAN AT THE SAME MOMENT THE LT CTR BOOST PUMP LOW PRESSURE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER. TRANSFERRED FUEL BACK TO CENTER TANK & TRANSFERRED FUEL BACK TO WINGS USING RT CTR BOOST PUMP. DUPLICATED CYCLIC VIBRATION AS RT CTR BOOST PUMP LOW PRESSURE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER. NO DIFFERENCE IN VIBRATION BETWEEN LT & RT PUMPS NOTED. DETERMINED TO BE NORMAL PUMP CAVITATION VIBRATION PRIOR TO AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL PUMP SHUTOFF. REPLACED RT CENTER TANK BOOST PUMP MOTOR IAW AMM 28-22-41-000-801 & -400-801. OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 28-22-41-710-801.