Service difficulty report · Elbow · Doug MD1030F

Difficulty date
April 16, 2018
Submitted
November 22, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N306FE
Make and model
Doug MD1030F
Aircraft serial
48287
Aircraft time
71,945 hours, 24,348 cycles
Part
Elbow
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, PASSING 2000 FT, LEVEL 2 LAT FUEL IMBALANCE, FUEL SHOWED 8500 , 6000 , 4500 . APPROACH CONTINUED, IMBALANCE BECAME WORSE , LANDED WITH APPROXIMATELY 9000, 6000, 4000 . AFTER SHUTTING DOWN OF THE ENGINES , AND STARTING APU , FUEL BEGAN TO BALANCE. R & R FUEL DUMP ELBOW LINE IAW AMM 28-00-01-2, AND FUEL VALVE IAW AMM 28-21-08-2. PERFORMED A FINAL LEAK CHECK IAW AMM 28-00-00-2, NO LEAKS NOTED. MAINTS ALSO PERFORMED A FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION SYSTEM TEST IAW AMM 28-41-00-5. TESTED GOOD. TROUBLESHOT LATERAL FUEL UNBALANCE FAULTS IAW FIM 28-14-00-810-805. NO FAULTS FOUND.

More about the Doug MD-10-30F