Service difficulty report · Tube · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
September 25, 2013
Submitted
September 27, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N508UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24744
Aircraft time
80,032 hours, 23,972 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Tube
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UNWANTED FUEL TRANSFER INTO CENTER TANK WHILE FUELING WITH CENTER FUEL VALVE CLOSED. APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS OF FUEL RISE PER MIN WITH TRUCK SHOWING 40 PSI NOZZLE PRESSURE. PRESSURIZED FUELING MANIFOLD & FOUND TUBE ASSEMBLY 344N2014-1 RUPTURED INSIDE LT CENTER AUXILIARY THRU FUEL PNL 531BB.