Service difficulty report · Fuel Tank · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
February 6, 2008
Submitted
February 8, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N277UP
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48578
Part
Fuel Tank
Condition
Leaking
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ATB - PASSING 15000, RECEIVED A FUEL QUANTITY/USED CHECK LEVEL 2 ALERT. POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK. RAN CHECKLIST AND DETERMINED THERE WAS A LOSS OF FUEL. A/C BLOCKED IN WITH 89,600 LBS REMAINING FUEL. FUEL USED WAS 22,440 LBS TOTAL FUEL = 112,040 LBS. A/C INITIALLY FUELED TO 122,988 LBS. COMPLIED WITH FIM 28-14-00 FIG 102 SHEETS 9810. NO FAULTS FOUND. NO ALERTS PRESENT AT BLOCK IN.

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