Service difficulty report · Fuel · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
April 10, 2009
Submitted
April 13, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23984
Part
Fuel
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fuel Tank
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IAD - FLT 1905 EN ROUTE DCA TO FLL. ON TAKEOFF ROLL, AT APPROXIMATELY 145 KTS, THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE LOST THRUST. ONCE AIRBORNE, THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND BEGAN A DIVERSION TO IAD. ABOUT 15 TO 20 SECONDS LATER, THE ENGINE REGAINED THRUST AND NORMAL PARAMETERS. THE CREW CONTINUED THE DIVERSION TO IAD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE AUTO DECEL TROUBLESHOOTING CHART. THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE INLET AND EXHAUST WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND OK. THE MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTORS WERE INSPECTED OK. THE MAIN FUEL TANK FOR THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE WAS EXAMINED FOR WATER. WATER WAS FOUND. PERFORMED THE FUEL BOOST PUMP BYPASS VALVE CHECK. THEN, THE FUEL TANKS WERE SUMPED TO REMOVE ALL OF THE WATER. AFTERWARDS, THE FUEL FILTERS WERE REPLACED. FINALLY, THE CDP TUBE WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND OK.