Service difficulty report · Fuel · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
February 7, 2014
Submitted
February 12, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
492
Aircraft time
63,735 hours, 15,612 cycles
Part
Fuel
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Lt Wing
Stage of operation
CR
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

EN ROUTE LT OUTER PUMP 1 & PUMP 2 FAILED IN FLIGHT. BOTH PUMPS SHOWED LOW PRESS. FOLLOWED ECAM TO TURNOFF. THAWED LO FUEL PUMPS & TANK WITH 3 COLD BUSTERS FOR 5 HOURS. PERFORMED LO TANK PUMPS OPERATIONAL TESTED IAW AMM IAW 28-21-00-05, BOTH PUMPS CHECKED NORMAL. SUMP APPROX 2 GALLONS FROM LT OUTER TANK IAW MM 12-32-28-03. FIRST GALLON CONTAINED APPROX 4 OZ'S OF WATER, SECOND GALLON WAS FREE OF WATER. RAN APU IAW JRH USING LT OUTER TANKS ONE AT A TIME, THEN BOTH. BOTH LT OUTER TANKS PUMPS, OPERATIONS CHECKED OK, 20 PSI INDICATED ON ENG PAGE OF ECAM. TRANSFERRED ALL FUEL FROM LT OUTER TANK TO OTHER TANKS. SUMP ALL FUEL TANKS WITH NO WATER FOUND.

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