Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 22, 2011
Submitted
January 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N510UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24780
Aircraft time
69,820 hours, 22,009 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fuel Crossfeed
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FUEL IMBALANCE, FLIGHT DIVERTED. CREW REPORTED FUEL IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE LT AND RT MAIN TANKS IN CRUISE. IT APPEARED THE RT MAIN TANKS WERE SUPPLYING FUEL TO BOTH ENGINES WITH CROSSFEED VALVE CLOSED AND CTR TANK EMPTY. INITIALLY HAD 1300 LB IMBALANCE WITH FUEL CONFIGURATION LIGHT ON, AND 19 MINS LATER THE IMBALANCE HAD INCREASED TO TO 4000 LBS. AIL TRIM REQ 1 UNIT OF RT WING DOWN. ENG FF WERE MATCHED AND TOTALIZER & ALC TOTAL MATCHED. IAW SFOLM, REPLACED FUEL CROSSFEED VALVE WITH WORKING APU FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE. ALSO WILL INOP APU DUE TO VALVE SWAP.