Service difficulty report · Indication Sys · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 1, 2020
Submitted
July 3, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48596
Aircraft time
86,124 hours, 17,787 cycles
Part
Indication Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

GOT A FUEL QTY / USED CHK ALERT AT FL 380. FOLLOWING QRH IT APPEARED THAT WE HAD LOST APPROX 5000 LBS OF FUEL. FOLLOWING CHK IT SEEMED LEAK WAS COMING FROM NR 2 TANK OR ENG. ISOLATED TANK, IT WASNT LEAKING. BURN TO NR 2 WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN NR 1 AND NR 3. CHECK LIST HAD US SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENG. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. WE WRE NOT MISSING ANY FUEL AND NR 2 TANK HAD INCREASED 1000 TO 5000 LBS THAN WHEN AIRBORNE. MEL 28-01-01-02: TANK NR 2 FUEL TANK SYNOPTIC QTY DISPLAY INOP. FUEL TO KNOWN QTY, AND AFTER REFUELING, VERIFY TANK NR 2 QTY WITH FUEL LEVEL STICKS AND RECORD IN THE AML/EAML. OPERATE FSC IN MANUAL. OPS NOT AUTHORIZED ABOVE 78 N LAT TAIL FUEL MGMT INOP.

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