Service difficulty report · Switch · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
February 28, 2013
Submitted
March 1, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N240TW
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
40
Aircraft time
18,157 hours, 13,376 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Crossfeed Valve
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, W, J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

ENROUTE, MEM LOW FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY NR 2 ENGINE ROLL BACK. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ON COMPLETING THE PROPER CHECKLIST AND "O" PROCEDURE, DISCOVERED CROSSFEED VALVE INADVERTENTLY MOVED TO THE CLOSED POSITION. OPENED CROSSFEED VALVE AND RESTARTED NR 2 ENGINE. EMERGENCY WAS CANCELED AND CONTINUED THE FLIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM.