Service difficulty report · Fuel Door · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
December 25, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23989
Part
Fuel Door
Part number
9001105
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
K, W
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLT - FL 1034 - CAPTAIN REPORTED FUEL LEAK AND HAD LOST APPROXIMATELY 450 POUNDS OF FUEL. FUEL WAS VISIBLE LEAKING OUT OF THE TOP OF RIGHT WING. FLIGHT DIVERTED INTO CLT AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND AN UPPER WING ACCESS PANEL, BEHIND THE STRUT, ON THE RIGHT WING LEAKING FUEL. REPLACED THREE DEFECTIVE DOME NUTS, ACCESS PANEL AND HARDWARE. FILLED RIGHT WING TANK TO FULL. NO LEAKS NOTED. (M)