Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 18, 2020
Submitted
January 22, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N559AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35178
Aircraft time
49,627 hours, 14,699 cycles
Part
Fuel Tank
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Transfer
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

DURING CRUISE, WING TANKS BEGAN DRAINING WHILE CTR FUEL TANK STILL HAD OVER 3500 LBS WITH ALL FUEL PUMP SWITCHES ON. CTR TANK FUEL BEGAN DRAINING WITH CROSSFEED VALVE OPEN ONLY. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED UNWANTED FUEL TRANSFER INTO CENTER TANK IAW FIM 28-21 TASK 812, NO DEFECTS FOUND, OPS NORMAL. AS A PRECAUTION, PERFORMED FQIS BITE PROCEDURE IAW FIM 28-41 TASK 801. ALL TEST PASSED WITH NO FAULTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. VERIFIED FUEL QUANTITY USING FUEL STICK PROCEDURE WITH UPPER CENTER DU FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR REF FUELING PROCEDURE SECTION A PAGE 8, NO DEFECTS FOUND AT THIS TIME. OKAY FOR SERVICE.