A captain questions whether the illustrated parts catalog (ipc) may be showing the wrong part number...

Attributes
ACN	1056504
Time
Date	201212
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Quantity-Pressure Indication
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Aircraft was towed to gate approximately 30-minutes prior to scheduled departure; an MEL on the fuel quantity indicator had been cleared overnight. This was a previous air carrier's md-83 series aircraft. I noticed the fuel quantity indicator that had been installed was incorrect for this type of aircraft. Five days previous; I found the same problem with the same aircraft; an incorrect fuel quantity indicator installed. We had the problem taken care of prior to departure in both occurrences. In talking with the mechanics in ZZZ; it seems that the illustrated parts catalog (ipc) may be showing the wrong part number for the fuel quantity indicator for this type of md-80. I would hope this could be looked into and corrected soon since this has occurred twice within a short period of time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Captain questions whether the Illustrated Parts Catalog (IPC) may be showing the wrong Part Number (P/N) for their MD-83 series aircraft after two occurrences where he noticed incorrect Fuel Quantity Indicators had been installed on the same airplane.

Narrative: Aircraft was towed to gate approximately 30-minutes prior to scheduled departure; an MEL on the Fuel Quantity Indicator had been cleared overnight. This was a previous Air Carrier's MD-83 series aircraft. I noticed the Fuel Quantity Indicator that had been installed was incorrect for this type of aircraft. Five days previous; I found the same problem with the same aircraft; an incorrect Fuel Quantity Indicator installed. We had the problem taken care of prior to departure in both occurrences. In talking with the mechanics in ZZZ; it seems that the Illustrated Parts Catalog (IPC) may be showing the wrong part number for the Fuel Quantity Indicator for this type of MD-80. I would hope this could be looked into and corrected soon since this has occurred twice within a short period of time.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A captain questions whether the illustrated parts catalog (ipc) may be showing the wrong part number (P/north) for their md-83 series aircraft after two occurrences where he noticed incorrect fuel quantity indicators had been installed on the same airplane.