Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 26, 2016
Submitted
October 31, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N586AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35189
Aircraft time
34,625 hours, 10,642 cycles
Part
Check Valve
Part number
2670137101
Condition
Missing
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CENTER FUEL TANK AND CENTER PUMPS ON. RT FUEL QUANTITY DECREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 200 PPH. AFTER CENTER TANK DEPLETED, WING TANKS REMAINED SLIGHTLY IMBALANCED UNTIL CORRECTED. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED BOTH ENGINE IDLE RUN, WITH ALL SIX BOOST PUMPS ON, FUEL IS ONLY USED FROM CENTER. TANK NR 1 & 2 TANK QTY IS STEADY. NO CURRENT STATUS FAULTS. GROUND TEST PASSED NO FAULTS IN FLIGHT HISTORY, IAW FIM 28-41 TASK 801. IAW AMM 28-41-00 NR 2 TANK WET CAPACITANCE READS 851.5 WITH TANK FULL. FUEL QUANTITY READS 9.02 LBS TOTAL FUEL INCREASED APPROXIMATELY 200 LBS WHILE FUELING #2 TANK. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE FUEL SUCTION FEED OPERATIONAL TEST FOR LEAK CHECK OF FUEL LINES, IAW AMM 28-22-15-400-810 STEP 3.G.1 AND AMM 28-22-00-710-802. NO FUEL TRANSFERRED. OPS CHECKED OK. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND CENTER TANK CHECK VALVE AT REFUELING MANIFOLD MISSING. REMOVED AND REPLACED REFUEL MANIFOLD CENTER TANK CHECK VALVE IAW AMM 28-21-32. OPS AND LEAK TEST GOOD. REFUEL MANIFOLD CENTER TANK CHECK VALVE THAT WAS MISSING WAS RETRIEVED FROM CENTER FUEL TANK.