Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
December 6, 2002
Submitted
December 10, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N899AA
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
22015
Aircraft time
53,933 hours, 29,405 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
3823002
Part serial
1348
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2
Part time
3,472 hours, 2,148 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 718 FROM STL TO ELP. DURING CLIMBOUT APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF NR 2 FUEL TANK CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LEFT FORWARD AND RIGHT AFT FUEL PUMPS POPPED THEIR CIRCUIT BREAKER. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE NR 1 FUEL TANK LEFT FORWARD PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. ALL APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST WERE ACCOMPLISHED, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN MCI. UPON LANDING, INSPECTED AND DRAINED THE WATER FROM BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 TANKS, SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD PER MM 28-22-21. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AND CONTINUE TO ITS FINAL DESTINATION IN ELP AND THE NR 2 LEFT FORWARD BOOST PUMP WAS REPLACED PER MM 28-20-00.