Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 25, 2011
Submitted
August 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48459
Aircraft time
65,124 hours, 14,797 cycles
Part
Fuel Tank
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENG 1, FUEL FILTER, LEVEL 1 ALERT INFLIGHT, FL 340, RECEIVED FUEL CONTAMINATION LEVEL 1 ALERT. THEN FUEL FILTER ENG 2 LEVEL 1. CHECKED AND REPLACED ALL 3 ENG FUEL FILTERS AND APU FILTER, FOUND CONTAMINATION. MILKY AND TOILET PAPER LIKE SUBSTANCE. SUMPED 1 AND 3 TANKS AND FOUND SIMILAR CONTAMINATION. UNABLE TO SUMP FUEL OUT OF NR 2 TANK. CONTACTED MOCC WITH UPDATE. CONTACTED LOCAL VENDORS FOR DEFUELING AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT. ALL CONTAMINATION CLEANED IN ALL TANKS BY FCC VENDOR IAW WO 5110376. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. FINAL CLOSED.

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