Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
June 8, 2010
Submitted
June 10, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N786UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26938
Aircraft time
57,930 hours, 8,497 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Valve
Condition
Stuck
Location
Refueling
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LT MAIN TANK INBD REFUEL VALVE CONTROL UNIT AND LT MAIN TANK OTBD REFUEL VALVE CONTROL UNIT STUCK IN OPEN POSITION. FOUND RT FUEL VALVE OK BUT FOUND LT WING INBD AND OTBD REFUELING VALVE STUCK IN OPEN POSITION WHICH CAUSED UNWANTED TRANSFER. REPLACED BOTH REFUEL VALVE CONTROL UNITS IN LT MAIN TANK.