Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 737990

Difficulty date
September 6, 2019
Submitted
September 10, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N320AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990
Aircraft serial
33680
Aircraft time
56,163 hours, 22,334 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
MA30A1001
Part serial
AA244800C
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuel System
Part time
24,374 hours, 10,121 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

SUSPECTED FUEL LEAK ON # 2 ENGINE OR RIGHT WING. QUANTITES ON # 2 SIDE DECREASED 10 LBS EVERY 1.5-2 MIN FUEL TOTALIZER WENT DOWN PROJECTED INITIALLY 600 LBS FROM PLANNED 7.4 TO 6.8 LANDING FUEL BURN RATES WERE CLOSE TO IDENTICAL FINAL INDICATED LOSS WAS 500LBS. GROUNDED - YES. EMERGENCY LANDING - PERFORMED FQIS BITE IN REF TO FIM 28-41 NO FAULTS NOTED IN CURRENT STATUS OR FAULT HISTORY TRANSFERRED FUEL IN AND OUT OF TANK 2 NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED DURING FUEL TRANSFER. OPENED # 2 ENG COWL AND CORE COWL PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION NO FUEL LEAKS NOTED. WALKAROUND WAS PERFORMED NO FUEL LEAKS FOUND. PERFORMED ACTUATOR TEST REF AMM 71-00-00-700-807-F00 NO LEAKS TEST NORMAL. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN NO LEAKS NOTED SUMPED #1 AND #2 FUEL TANKS PER AMM 12-11-00. PERFORMED CROSSFEED VALVE OPS TEST PER AMM 28-22-00 FOUND FUEL TRANSFERRING 10 POUNDS EVERY 2 MIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED ACTUATOR OF THE ENGINE FUEL CROSSFEED VALVE REF AMM TASK 28-22-21. OPS & LEAK CKS GOOD.