<< >> NASA ASRS Report 650679, January 2005

A B737-300 pilot report states error 7 shows in right fuel quantity indicator. Technician corrected by circuit breaker reset. Manual states error 7 indicates fuel quantity is correct.

Attributes
ACN	650679
Time
Date	200501
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Qualification	technician : inspection authority technician : airframe technician : powerplant
Experience	maintenance technician : 35
ASRS Report	650679
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : r fuel quantity indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Pilot write-up: 'right fuel quantity shows err 7. Fuel quantity is correct.' corrective action was to troubleshoot by resetting circuit breaker. According to MEL 28-6 note 2 and maintenance manual reference 28-41-02-01 note 1; err 7 indicates fuel quantity is correct.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-300 PLT RPT STATES ERROR 7 SHOWS IN R FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR. TECHNICIAN CORRECTED BY CIRCUIT BREAKER RESET. MANUAL STATES ERROR 7 INDICATES FUEL QUANTITY IS CORRECT.

Narrative: PLT WRITE-UP: 'R FUEL QUANTITY SHOWS ERR 7. FUEL QUANTITY IS CORRECT.' CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO TROUBLESHOOT BY RESETTING CIRCUIT BREAKER. ACCORDING TO MEL 28-6 NOTE 2 AND MAINT MANUAL REF 28-41-02-01 NOTE 1; ERR 7 INDICATES FUEL QUANTITY IS CORRECT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.