Service difficulty report · Sem Unit · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 1, 2020
Submitted
July 8, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48596
Aircraft time
86,124 hours, 17,787 cycles
Part
Sem Unit
Part number
367040086
Part serial
1122
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 WASN`T LEAKING . BURN TO NR 2 WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN NR 1, AND 3 . CHECK LIST HAD US SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENG . LANDED UNEVENTFULLY . NOT MISSING ANY FUEL AND NR 2 TANK HAD INCREASED 1000 TO 5000 LBS THAN WHEN AIRBORNE . TANK NR 2 FUEL TANK SYNOPTIC QTY DISPLAY- INOPERATIVE. FUEL TO KNOWN QTY, AND AFTER REFUELING, VERIFY TANK NR 2 QTY WI TH FUEL LEVEL STICKS AND RECORD IN THE AML/EAML. OPE RATE FSC IN MANUAL. OPS NOT AUTHORIZED ABOVE 78 N LA T. TAIL FUEL MGMT - INOP." REF TSI 28-41-2974 FOR T/S. REMOVED AND REPLACED SEM IN IAW AMM 28-41-91-4, NO FAULTS AT THIS TIME, OPS CHECKED GOOD, ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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