SDR CA960524021

Service difficulty report · Indicator · Fokker F28MK1000

Difficulty date: March 18, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Make and model: Fokker F28MK1000
System (JASC): 2841 · Fuel Quantity Indicator
Part: Indicator
Condition: Malfunction
Location: Fuel Qty
Stage of operation: CR
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

(CAN)26 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF AT FL330 A 1100 LB FUEL IMBALANCE WAS DETECTED. CROSS BALANCING WAS IMPLEMENTED, LEFT AND RIGHT COUNTERS SHOWING EQUAL AMOUNTS OF FUEL IN BOTH TANKS. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED, LANDEDWITHOUT INCIDENT. TANKS WERE DIPPED AND A 2000 LB DIFFERENCE WAS DETECTED. FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE REPLACED.

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