Service difficulty report · Fuel Sys · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 28, 2021
Submitted
March 2, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N558AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35177
Aircraft time
53,214 hours, 15,599 cycles
Part
Fuel Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMBOUT AND LEVEL OFF AT FLT360, THE RIGHT FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR STARTED SHOWING A RAPID DECREASE IN FUEL. IT SHOWED A LOSS @ 20# PER SECOND. IT STOPPED DECREASING @ 8.17#. THE LEFT QUANTITY IND SHOWED 8.61. AFTER IT STOPPED DECREASING AND THEN SLOWLY INCREASED TO 8.37 SLOWLY, TAKING TWO HOURS TO GET THERE. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATING SYSTEM PER B737-800 AMM 28-41-00-710-801 AND FOUND NO FAULT. BOTH FLIGHT DECK INDICATOR AND UNDERWING FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR SHOWED CORRECT FUEL AMOUNT.