Service difficulty report · Compensator · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 27, 2016
Submitted
December 9, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
32,555 hours, 9,943 cycles
Part
Compensator
Part number
2020201
Part serial
8005
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Nr 1 Fuel Tank
Part time
32,617 hours, 9,963 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, FUEL BURN WAS 200 LBS ABOVE FLIGHT PLAN. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER, WENT FROM 200 UNDERBURN TO 1200 LBS OVERBURN. THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED DURING THAT HOUR WAS THE CENTER TANKS RAN DRY. FUEL BURN WAS STABLE BEFORE AND STABLE AFTER. WE LANDED 1200 OVER BURN. WINDS AND TEMP WERE RIGHT ON FORECAST. ACFT GROUNDED. NR 2 MAIN TANK T.U. F3 AND T.U. F5 CAPACITANCE VALUES OUT OF LIMITS IAW AMM 28-41-21/501 AND TASK CARD NG-28FCD-18090-1. REPLACED F3 AND F5 TANK UNITS IAW AMM 28-41-21-000-801 & 28-41-21-400-801. SYSTEM TESTED FOR NR 2 MAIN TANK, FQIS PASSES. EMPTY COMP VALUE 58.03 PF EMPTY TANK UNIT VALUE 396.7 PF IAW AMM 28-41-00-730-801. REMOVED AND REPLACED TANK 1 COMPENSATOR PROBE, AND F1, F2, F3, F6, F8, F8, F9, AND F10 TANK PROBES IAW AMM 28-41-21-400-801. NR 1 EMBUSSING PLUG (D11312) INSTALLED AND SAFETY WIRED IAW AMM 28-41-41-400-801. ACCOMPLISHED FUEL QUANTITY INDICATING SYSTEM TEST ON NR 1 TANK , OPS NORMAL IAW AMM 28-41-00-730-801. ACCOMPLISHED NR 1 FUEL QUANTITY COMPARISON CHECK, OPS NORMAL IAW AMM 28-41-00-720-801.