Service difficulty report · Valve · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
February 18, 2009
Submitted
February 19, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N677FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
791
Aircraft time
15,782 hours, 8,697 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
1157060
Part serial
FRTR109AX
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOW FUEL TANK APPEARS TO BURN FUEL WITH FUEL IN INNER AND CTR TANKS. TRIED MANUAL FUEL FEED PROCEDURES, TURNING OFF LOW PUMPS, BUT LOW TANK FUEL QTY CONTINUED TO DECREASE. REFUEL OUTER TANK AND OBSERVED STEADY FUEL MIGRATION TO INNER TANKS PER A300-600 AMM 28-25-12-4. REMOVED LT OUTER REFUEL/DEFUEL VALVE FOR TROUBLE SHOOTING REMOVED LT INNER REFUEL/DEFUEL VALVE AND INSTALLED IN THE LT OUTER POS VALVE OPERATED NORMALLY WITH NO FUEL MIGRATION. RETURNED VALVE BACK TO ORIGINAL POS. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT OUTER REFUEL/DEFUEL VALVE AND VALVE OPERATED NORMALLY WITH NO FUEL MIGRATION.

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