Service difficulty report · Disc · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
May 3, 2004
Submitted
July 7, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1403
Part
Disc
Part number
D2821024300060
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Cntr Fuel Cell
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

ONT - FLT 46 - LAX-PHL, AFTER TAKEOFF, A FUEL IMBALANCE DEVELOPED, ACCOMPANIED BY A 'FUEL AUTO TRANSFER FAULT' MESSAGE. BY ABOUT FL180, THE IMBALANCE HAD REACHED 3,000 LBS, WITH THE LEFT WING LOSING FUEL. MANUAL FEED WAS SELECTED, BUT DID NTO HAVE ANY AFFECT. BY FL230, FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND BEGAN TO RETURN TO FIELD AT LAX. THE FUEL IMBALANCE CONTINUED TO WORSEN, SO CREW OPTED TO LAND AT A CLOSER ALTERNATE AIRPORT. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ONT. DURING APPROACH, RECEIVED A 'RIGHT WING TANK OVER FULL' OVER FULL MESSAGE. BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE GATE, THERE WAS A 9,000 POUND IMBALANCE AND FUEL WAS SPILLING OUT OF THE RIGHT WING VENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTENANCE FERRIED TO LAX, WHERE THE CE

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