Service difficulty report · Not Reported · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 4, 2017
Submitted
January 3, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N965DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49984
Aircraft time
72,231 hours, 53,391 cycles
Part
Not Reported
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel System
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

DIVERTED TO BNA DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT FUEL APPEARED NOT TO BE BURNING OUT OF THE LEFT WING TANK. MAINTENANCE VERIFIED THAT THE CROSS-FEEDS AND DEFUEL VALVES WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. THE LEFT TANK FUEL BOOST PUMP OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. A HIGH POWER ENGINE RUN WAS PERFORMED. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAULT. THE CHECK VALVE FLUSH PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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