What was found
LT AND RT WING TANK FUEL TRANSFER VALVES INOPERATIVE. INTERCELL VALVES DID NOT CLOSE DURING FUELING, ALL FUEL WENT TO INNER CELLS. VALVES DID EVENTUALLY CLOSE.
- Difficulty date
- August 17, 2013
- Submitted
- August 21, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N485UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1617
- Aircraft time
- 38,631 hours, 16,775 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 2824 · Fuel Transfer Valve
- Part
- Switch
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Fuel Transfer
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.