Service difficulty report · Indicator · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
March 9, 2010
Submitted
March 12, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
378
Aircraft time
38,497 hours, 13,420 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4152
Part
Indicator
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Fuel Qty
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER LEVELOFF AT 380 LT OUTER FUEL INDICATED "XX" WITH TOTAL FUEL READING "XX" AND ALSO GW AND CG READING "XX" ON ECAM. LT OUTER FUEL QUANTITY ON OVERHEAD WAS BLANK. MEL 28-21-09 ALREADY HAD AUTO FUEL FEED SYSTEM DE-ACTIVATED FUEL ON LT INNER TANK MATCHED RT INNER TANK THRU-OUT FLIGHT ATB TO MEM READINGS RETURNED TO NORMAL ON DOWN WIND LEG, ABEAM KMEM. PERFORMED ADJ/TEST OF FQI IAW AMM 28-42-38-5. FOUND FAULT CODES 502-CADENSICON COMPENSATOR LO.311,L OUTER TANK PROBES HIGH. NO FAULTS ON CGCC. ALSO AFTER RETURNING TO ACFT ALL LT OUTER TANK INDICATIONS BLANK ON OVERHEAD AND REFUEL PANEL. AMBER XX ON ECAM. PERFORMED CAP/RESISTANCE CHECK PER 28-42-00-5. CHECKS WERE NORMAL. REVISITED PREVIOUS WIRE REPAIR ON 26QT1 WIRE 2842-5023. SPLICE CHECKS NORMAL. SYSTEM MONITOR/FQIS TEST NORMAL. NO LEFT OUTER F/QTY HISTORY SINCE HARNESS REPLACEMENT IN MEM ON 27DEC09. FAULT HISTORY SHOWED INTMT CODE 311-LEFT OUTER PROBES HIGH. CHECKED LEFT OUTER SUMP FOR WATER CONTAMINATION. FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. SUMPED LEFT OUTER TANK. FQIS SYSTEM TESTS NORMAL. REF FIM 28-42, AMM 28-42-00-5. SPAR TO FQIC WIRES OK PER ASM 28-42-00. ITEM OK FOR SERVICE.

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