Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 11, 2016
Submitted
April 13, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35689
Aircraft time
30,726 hours, 9,459 cycles
Part
Fuel Tank
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT FL360 WITH LESS THAN 22000 POUNDS FUEL ONBOARD, THE NR 2 MAIN TANK FUEL DECREASE FROM 8.55 TO 7.33. THE IMBALANCE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH CENTER TANK PUMPS STILL IN USE THE NR 2 MAIN TANK FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 8.3 & 7.3, MOSTLY STAYED AT 7.3 AFTER CENTER QTY WAS EMPTY, BOTH MAIN TANK GAUGES OPERATED NORMALLY. ACFT GROUNDED. COMPLETELY SUMPED NR 2 MAIN FUEL TANK EMPTY AND ACCOMPLISHED FUEL QTY INDICATION SYS TEST, IAW AMM 28-41-00-730-801 AND FOUND TANK UNIT CAP, 399.1 AND COMPENSATOR CAP, 57.99 IN LIMITS. REMOVED A HAND SIZE PIECE OF ICE FROM AREA UNDER THE COMPENSATOR PROBE. FUEL QTY COMPARISON CHECK GOOD, REF AMM 28-41-00-720-801.