Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
April 5, 2018
Submitted
April 13, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N357FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46939
Aircraft time
99,489 hours, 34,774 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
26803464
Part serial
1613
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuel Tank
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

DURING DESCENT FROM FL350 TO FL290, RECEIVED A TANK 3 TIP TRAPPED LEVEL 1 ALERT, WITH ASSOCIATED 5800 LBS UNUSABLE AND A TANK 3 PUMPS OFF ALERTS. PASSING 8000 FT, TRAPPED ALERT WENT AWAY, BUT THE NR 2 TANK KEPT FEEDING NR 3. INSPECTED TIP TANK TRANSFER SYSTEM AND FOUND THE NR 3 MAIN TANK OTBD TRANSFER FLOAT VALVE BROKEN AND INBD TRANSFER FLOAT VALVE STICKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH TRANSFER FLOAT VALVES. LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW FIM 28-14-04, TASK 28-14-00-810-803. AMM 28-00-00-2, AND AMM 28-21-10-2.

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