Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Doug MD1030F

Difficulty date
August 21, 2021
Submitted
September 7, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303FE
Make and model
Doug MD1030F
Aircraft serial
46802
Aircraft time
98,122 hours, 32,925 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuel Pump
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
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

PDIS 303 28-40 7724 21AUG21 IND OPEN U APPROXIMATELY 30 MIN INTO CRUISE TNK 1 FUEL QTY LO, TNK 1 TIP TRAPPED ALERTS ILLUMINATED. APPROXIMATELY 7700 LBS OF FUEL ACROSS EACH TANK.. TANK 1 STOPPED FEEDING AT 7500. SELECTED MANUAL, THEN AUTO, NO HELP. IN STEEP DESCENT WITH SPOILERS FULLY DEPLOYED. ALERTS EXTINGUISHED AND FUEL CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE. EMERGENCY DECLARED. SHGN 21AUG21 02:23 IND U PERFORMED FUEL QUANTITY TEST, TEST PASSED NO FAULT NOTE REF AMM 28-41-00-5-0. ALSO PERFORMED FSC TEST REF AMM 28-08-01-5 NO FAULT NOTED. MCDU SHOWN NO FAULT HISTORY, NEED MORE TRUBLESHOOTING. RNR O RING ON FUEL PUMP PRESSURE LINE FROM INBD FLOAT VALVE TO OUTBRD TRANSFER VALVE IN #1 MAIN TANK REF MD10AMM 28-00-01-2 OPS CHECK GOOD NO FUEL TRAPPED IN #1 TIP TANK. WORK PERFORMED BY STS TANK TIGERS INC WO#12144R668

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