Service difficulty report · Fuel Sys · Boeing 75723A

Difficulty date
November 1, 2013
Submitted
November 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N937FD
Make and model
Boeing 75723A
Aircraft serial
23895
Aircraft time
66,542 hours, 28,567 cycles
Part
Fuel Sys
Condition
Faulted
Location
Fuel Balance
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

DURING BLOCKOUT, FUEL ONBOARD WAS EQUAL AT 10,000 LBS, EACH MAIN TANK AND CENTER TANK 300 LBS. CLIMBING OUT AN IMBALANCE APPEARED TO HAVE DEVELOPED AND REACHED 2500LBS. WHERE LT MAIN TANK BEING THE LOWER OF BOTH MAINS. ATTEMPTED TO UTILIZE QRH FUEL BALANCING, LT MAIN WAS STILL DECREASING. PERFORMED ENGINE FUEL LEAK QRH CHECKLIST. DIVERTED. PERFORMED BITE CHECK OF FUEL QUANTITY PROCESSOR IAW AMM 28-41-00-5-1, BITE CHECKED NORMAL WITH NO FAULT CODES LOGGED, CHECKED INDICATOR TEST AT REFUELING PANEL, CHECKED NORMAL, PERFORMED FUEL QTY TEST AT P61 IN THE COCKPIT, TANKS SHOWED 88.8 TOTAL QTY WAS 188.8. IAW AMM, SYSTEM FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

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