Service difficulty report · Compensator · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 9, 2020
Submitted
March 12, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N617FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48748
Aircraft time
75,245 hours, 18,715 cycles
Part
Compensator
Part number
050035001
Part serial
2188
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Fuel Tank
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT LEVEL OFF, WHEN COMBINING FUEL USED AND FUEL REMAINING, TOTAL FUEL WAS 7000 # HIGHER THAN OUR INITIAL FUEL AT BLOCK OUT. FUEL QTY NUMBERS ON FUEL SYNOPTIC WERE INTERMITTENTLY AMBER THEN WHITE, BUT FUEL TOTAL WAS ALWAYS GROSSLY INACCURATE, MAXING AT THE 7000 # OFF. RTB MEM. MX ENTRY ONLY: REPLACED #2 TANK L/H AND R/H COMPENSATORS IRW MD-11 AMM 28-41-37-4. OPS CHECK/ BITE TEST GOOD IRW MD-11 AMM 28-41-00-5. LEAK CHECK GOOD IRW MD-11 AMM 28-11-00-2. ALL WORK PERFORMED BY FFC,

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