Service difficulty report · Harness · Doug 600N

Difficulty date
August 21, 2022
Submitted
September 10, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N628FE
Make and model
Doug 600N
Aircraft serial
48447
Aircraft time
112,942 hours, 23,559 cycles
Part
Harness
Part number
020016110
Part serial
0638
Condition
Failed
Location
N/A
Part time
11,211 hours, 3,488 cycles
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PDIS 628 28-40 2047 21AUG22 MEM OPEN U AIR TURN BACK FOR MULTIPLE LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 FUEL SYSTEM ALERTS. TANK 1 QTY GAUGE WAS INTERMITTENT AND GAVE NUMEROUS AND ERRONEOUS HIGH AND LOW INDICATION WHICH RESULTED IN MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS BY THE FSC TO RE-BALANCE THE FUEL BY TRANSFERRING FUEL BOTH IN AND OUT. WITH THE QTY GAUGE GIVING ERRONEOUS INDICATIONS IT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE TRUE QTY IN TANK 1. MATH CHECKS TO ESTIMATE FUEL ON BOARD SHOWED, AT TIMES, UP TO 3700 POUNDS OF FUEL UNACCOUNTED FOR SO A LEAK COULD NOT BE POSITIVELY RULED OUT. EMERGENCY DECLARED, NO ASSISTANCE REQUIRED EXCEPT VISUAL INSPECTION BY ARFF UPON LANDING. FACT 22AUG22 19:46 MEM ITEM WAS REOPENED IN ERROR. SEE PREVIOUS UPDATES FOR WORK ACCOMPLISHED.

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