Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 76733A

Difficulty date
December 11, 2016
Submitted
December 13, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583HA
Make and model
Boeing 76733A
Aircraft serial
25531
Aircraft time
101,880 hours, 18,241 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

AFTER 1:30 OF FLIGHT FUEL IMBALANCE WAS 2600LBS. LEFT TANK LOW. AT NEXT FUEL SCORE 35 MIN LATER AFTER BALANCING FUEL. REMAINING FUEL WAS DOWN FROM 1100LBS TO 300LBS/800 TOTAL. AFTER BALANCING FUEL TANK AGAIN, LOST 700LBS OF FUEL AGAIN ON TOTALIZER - LOST TOTAL OF 1500LBS OF FUEL - SUSPECT FUEL LEAK. PERFORMED FUEL QTY BITE PROCEDURES PER FIM 28-41 TASK 852. NO FAULTS. NO EXTERNAL LEAKS NOTED. FUELED WINGS TO 30K LBS. TRANSFERRED LT TO RT AND BACK. ALLOWED FUEL TO SIT FOR 30MIN. BALANCE STAYED THE SAME. NO NOTICEABLE MIGRATION. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.

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