Service difficulty report · Relay · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
June 5, 2011
Submitted
June 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N373FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46611
Aircraft time
86,361 hours, 35,990 cycles
Part
Relay
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel Dump
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ATTEMPTED TO DUMP FUEL FOR RTB MEM AT APPROX 35K AT START OF DUMP, COULD NOT GET NORMAL DUMP TO OCCUR, EVEN AFTER SELECTING DUMP A SECOND TIME. GOT FUEL DUMP VALVE LT & RT DISAGREE ALERTS. TRANSFER PUMPS NEVER CAME ON. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS , NR 2 TRANSFER PUMP CAME ON BUT DUMP VALVES NEVER OPENED AND NO DECREASE IN FUEL QUANTITY OCCURRED. BURNED DOWN TO 15K FOR LANDING. R &R LT DUMP VALVE CONTROL RELAY R2-5871 AND RT DUMP VALVE CONTROL RELAY R2-5886. PERFORMED DUMP VALVES OPS TEST IAW AMM 28-30-02-2. OPS TEST GOOD. VERIFIED DUMP VALVE POSITIONS AND DUMP VALVE RELAY POSITIONS GOOD THRU CFDS FSC SENSOR READOUT. ALL CHECKS GOOD. FINAL CLOSED.

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