Service difficulty report · Fuel Line · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
March 2, 2011
Submitted
March 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N179UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
25158
Aircraft time
82,929 hours, 10,108 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Fuel Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FUEL DRAINING OUT OF ACFT LT MASK. FUELERS WHERE FUELING AND APU RUNNING AT SAME TIME. AFTER FUELERS STOP AND APU SHUTDOWN. RAN APU AGAIN NOTED NO FUEL. FOUND HST LINE LEAKING. TANK TO REMAIN EMPTY. INFO BASED ON ORD INFO, SUGGEST CHECK OF STAB PUMP SHROUD AND EXPOSED LINES IN STAB COMPARTMENT, TO ISOLATE SOURCE OF LEAKAGE. LONG FUEL LINES IN SHROUD MAY BE OKAY. REPLACED AFT HST FUEL LINE. PRESSURE CHECK HST XFR LINE, PASSED. REPLACED HST FUEL LINE MIDDLE SECTION AFT OF PRESS BKHD. PRESSURE CHECK XFR LINE PASSED. SECURED HST SHROUD LINE AT MIDDLE SECTION AFT PRESS BKHD. FEED LINES REPLACED STA 1242.7 TO STA 2412 AND HST X-FEED LINE 2412 TO HST TANK REPLACED. COMPLETED TASK. PRESS CHECK GOOD PER MM.