Service difficulty report · Fcu · Boeing 7472U3B

Difficulty date
December 21, 2003
Submitted
December 23, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N923FT
Make and model
Boeing 7472U3B
Aircraft serial
22769
Aircraft time
76,667 hours, 18,843 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7Q
Engine time
54,720 hours, 15,229 cycles
Part
Fcu
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 3 Eng
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 3 ENG WOULD NOT START, NO FUEL FLOW. CHECKED FUEL CONDITION MOTOR OPS NRML S/OFF VALVE ON FRONT SPAR CHECKED NORMAL. PERFORMED FUEL PUMP PRESS TEST ON FP 12 PORT, CHECKED GOOD. BLED FUEL LINES ON FUEL CONTROL UNIT, ENGINE RAN UP OK 71-00-00.

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