Service difficulty report · Compensator · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 8, 2016
Submitted
February 10, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35683
Aircraft time
32,616 hours, 9,752 cycles
Part
Compensator
Part number
2020201
Part serial
7382
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Fuel Cell
Part time
32,621 hours, 9,753 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

APPROXIMATELY 1 HR PRIOR TO LANDING, NR 2 FUEL TANK QTY BEGAN DECREASING AT SIGNIFICANT RATE. AT APPROXIMATELY 700 POUND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NR 1 & NR 2 TANK QTY, 2 TANK WAS LOW TANK, FUEL WAS BALANCED. PRIOR TO LANDING, NR 2 TANK QTY INDICATED 500 POUNDS LOWER THAN NR 1 TANK QTY. AT BLOCK IN, NR 1 TANK QTY INDICATED 3850 LBS & NR 2 QTY INDICATED 3290 POUNDS. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED FQIS BITE PROCEDURE NO FAULTS FOUND CURRENT STATUS PASS, GROUND TEST PASS IAW TASK 28-41 801. PERFORMED FUEL QTY SYSTEM COMPARISON CHECK IAW AMM TASK 28-41-00-720-801. FUEL QTY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDICATION AT P15 PANEL AND CENTER INSTRUMENT PANEL P2 WITHIN LIMITS REF AMM 28-22-00-730-802. PERFORMED CROSSFEED VALVE OPERATIONAL TEST REF AMM TASK 28-22-21-710-801. OPS CHECK NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED T/C 800-28EA-16443-1 FOR NR 1 AND NR 2 TANK ICE INSPECTION AND REMOVAL FOUND ICE IN BOTH MAIN TANKS NEAR COMP PROBES AND REMOVED IT. ACCOMPLISHED TANK AND COMPENSATOR UNIT TEST REF AMM 28-41-21-710-801 AND FOUND NR 2 TANK COMP PROBE AND TANK UNIT F1R OUT OF RANGE, HIGH. REPLACED TANK UNIT F1R AND COMPENSATOR PROBE FOR THE NR 2 TANK REF AMM 28-41-21. FQIS SYS TEST GOOD FOR BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 TANKS REF AMM 28-41-00-730-801. COMPARISON CHECK GOOD NR 1 AND NR 2 TANKS REF AMM 28-41-00.