Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 16, 2007
Submitted
July 21, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583MD
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49659
Aircraft time
46,432 hours, 34,120 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Valve
Part number
AV16B1736D
Part serial
N41483
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Fuel System
Part time
18,775 hours, 10,903 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK A FUEL SPILLAGE OCCURRED AT PLATFORM. SPILLAGE STARTED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING REFUELED AND FUEL WAS TRANSFERRED FROM CENTRAL TANK TO LT TANK. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACE THE LT FUEL FILL VALVE IAW MM 28-20-02 AND PERFORMED AN INDICATION TEST FUEL IAW MM 28-40-00, ALL CORRECT.

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