Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
November 18, 2011
Submitted
December 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N616FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48747
Aircraft time
54,625 hours, 12,510 cycles
Part
Tee Fitting
Part number
ARL0204507
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RUNNING TANK TO ENGINE ON ALL 3 ENGINES. ALL FILL VALVES WERE CLOSED BUT FUEL LEVEL IN TANK 1 WAS NOT DECREASING. VERIFIED ON GROUND WITH TANK 2 AND 3 TRANSFER PUMPS ON THE NR1 TANK QUANTITY INCREASED WITH THE FILL VALVE SELECTED (AND INDICATED) CLOSED. UNCOMMANDED FUEL TRANSFER WAS APPROX 1000 LBS EVERY 7 MINUTES. R & R THE NR 1 MAIN TANK FILL SHUTOFF VALVE CONTROLLER IAW AMM 28-21-02-4. NO HELP. UNCOMMANDED FUEL TRANSFER STILL TAKES PLACE AT THE SAME RATE. TANK ACCESSED AND FOUND CRACKED LINE AT TEE FITTING FROM NR 1 TANK FILL VALVE ON TOP SIDE OF WELDED FLANGE. REPLACED IAW MM 28-00-00-2-0 & 28-00-00-4-0. PRESSURISED REFUEL/CROSSFEED MANIFOLD USING NR 2 TRANSFER PUMP, NO FUEL TRANSFER EVIDENT AFTER 10 MINUTES.

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