Service difficulty report · Fuel Cell · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
December 15, 2011
Submitted
December 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N690FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
876
Aircraft time
6,799 hours, 3,598 cycles
Part
Fuel Cell
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN CRUISE, BOTH CTR TANK PUMPS FAULTED FOLLOWED BY LT OUTER TANK QTY WINDING DOWN TO ZERO. SUMPED ALL TANKS AND FOUND SOME WATER IN LT OUTER TANK ONLY. ENTIRE TIME TRANSFERING FUEL OUT OF LT OUTER TANK AND QTY INDICATION WER STABLE. SUMPED LT OUTER TANK AGAIN, NO FURTHER WATER FOUND. FUELED TANK WITH QTY INDICATION STABLE. 4760 LBS METERED. COMPUTED FUEL IS ACCURATE TO INDICATED FUEL. CARRIED OUT FUEL PUMP AND PUMP LOW PRESSURE WARNING SYSTEMS TESTS IAW AMM 28-21-00-05-03. NO FAULTS FOUND. PERFORMED BITE CHECK PER MM 28-42-00-05-01. CHECKED GOOD. NO FUEL QTY FAULTS NOTED. DRAINED AND FILLED TO KNOWN QUANTITIES SEVERAL TIMES. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. CHECKED QTY WITH STICK READINGS AND CHECKED GOOD.

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