Service difficulty report · Fuel Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 20, 2017
Submitted
June 21, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35186
Aircraft time
38,923 hours, 11,567 cycles
Part
Fuel Sys
Condition
Abnormal
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THREE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, HAD AN IMBALANCE LIGHT WITH LEFT TANK LOW, AIRCRAFT HANDLING CONFIRMED IMBALANCE. RAN QRH & RETURNED WITH ALL MAINS ON & CROSSFEED CLOSED. DURING RETURN WAS ABLE TO GET WITHIN 500LB BALANCE. AFTER SHUTOFF, NR 1 ON TAXI IN WITH CROSSFEED CLOSED, LEFT TANK QUANTITY INCREASED. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED CROSSFEED VALVE FUNCTIONAL TEST IAW AMM 28-22-00-730-802, AND FQIS BITE IAW FIM 28-41 TASK 801, AND CDS BITE IAW FIM 31-62 TASK 801. NO FAULTS FOUND. PILOT VERIFIED IMBALANCE NEVER EXCEEDED 1000 LBS. ACCOMPLISHED FUEL QUANTITY COMPARISON CHECK OF LT & RT WING TANKS IAW AMM 28-41-00, FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS. SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM GROUND VERIFICATION COMPLETED, NO DEFECTS NOTED.