Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 19, 2015
Submitted
April 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N588AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35685
Aircraft time
28,585 hours, 8,729 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3012803
Part serial
2590
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel Qty
Part time
28,595 hours, 8,733 cycles
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

FUEL QTY LT MAIN FLUCTUATES BY MAX OF 700 FMC FUEL PREDICTIONS OF BELOW EXPECTED QTY'S. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED FUEL TRANSFER FROM CENTER TACK TO LT WING REF MM 28-26-00-650-802. TRANSFERRED FROM LT WING TO CENTER TANK. NO FAULTS NOTED. VERY STEADY READINGS. PERFORMED RESISTANCE READINGS AND PLUG INSPECTION, ALL PINS ARE SEATED CORRECTLY. NO FAULTS FOUND. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW FQIS UNIT REF 28-41-81/401. PERFORMED SYS OPS TEST REF 28-41-00-710-801. SYS CKS NORMAL. FQIS GROUND TEST PASSED. NO FAULTS WERE PREVIOUSLY LOGGED AND NO FAULT HISTORY LOGGED.