Service difficulty report · Vent · Emb ERJ190100IGW

Difficulty date
December 16, 2017
Submitted
December 19, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N198JB
Make and model
Emb ERJ190100IGW
Aircraft serial
19000021
Aircraft time
33,045 hours, 20,953 cycles
Part
Vent
Part number
2930015102
Part serial
5316
Condition
Leaking
Location
Fuel System
Part time
33,050 hours, 20,952 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING TAKEOFF, FUEL ON THE NR 2 SIDE WAS NOTED TO BE 100 LBS LESS THAN THE NR 1 SIDE. ABOUT 20 MINS AFTER TAKEOFF, FUEL IMBALANCE ON EICAS. SELECTED TRANSFER OPEN TO REBALANCE FUEL. WHEN FUEL BACK IN BALANCE BOTH ENGINES WERE INDICATING SAME FUEL FLOW. STARTED CLOCK. AFTER 30 MINUTES FUEL WAS 200 LBS OUT OF BALANCE. VISUAL INSPECTION OF OF RIGHT WING CONFIRMED FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FUEL VENT. ADDITIONALLY FUEL APPEARED TO BE LEAKING FROM BOTH SIDES OF ENTIRE PYLON. ESTIMATED LEAK RATE AT 400 LBS PER HOUR. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FLOAT ACTUATED DRAIN VALVES ON THE WING VENT STUB DRAIN LINE AND MAIN VENT LINE IAW MM 28-12-03-000-801-A AND 28-12-03-400-801--A. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FLOAT VENT VALVE AT RT WING IAW AMM 28-12-05-400-801-A AND 28-12-05-000-801-A.

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