Service difficulty report · Indicator · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
August 21, 2022
Submitted
September 10, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N628FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48447
Aircraft time
113,035 hours, 23,582 cycles
Part
Indicator
Part number
020016111
Part serial
0619
Condition
Inaccurate
Location
Fuel System
Part time
11,211 hours, 3,488 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

PDIS 628 28-40 2047 21AUG22 MEM FACT 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. ORIG SUB DATE: 9/6/2022

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