Service difficulty report · Sensor · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
November 13, 2022
Submitted
November 14, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N610FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48603
Aircraft time
90,239 hours, 22,019 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PRIOR TO PUSH BACK, CREW OBSERVED NO GROSS WEIGHT INDICATION ON ENGINE SYNOPTIC. CREW CONFERRED WITH TECH PILOT & CONFIRMED WOULD NOT IMPACT SAFETY. SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF, OBSERVED A LEVEL 1 TAIL FUEL FWD ALERT. REF QRH. RESULTING INCREASE IN FUEL BURN RESULTED IN A DIVERSION TO OAK. AN AFQGS & CFDS SENSOR FAIL ALERTS APPEARED. ACFT GW DID NOT AUTO INPUT BEFORE TAKE OFF. AT BLOCK IN, NO GW OR CG VALUE ON ENG PAGE. FSC LAST LEG FAULT INDICATED TAIL FUEL DATA LOSS. T/S IAW FIM TASK 28-14-27-00, NO FAULTS. CYCLED FQBU C/B, AIRCRAFT GW AUTO POPULATED, ALSO INPUT TO GW AND ZFWCG INFO FROM INBOUND FLIGHT ON MCDU. CG INFO DISPLAYED ON ENG PAGE. ACP FQBU TEST IAW MM 28-41-00-5, TESTED OK. RTS.

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