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A300 first officer reported a malfunctioning fuel pump was successfully recovered with a circuit breaker reset.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1520933 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Booster Pump |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
During climb; 'right inner tank 1 pump' faulted. Captain followed ECAM protocol and turned pump off. After looking at fuel page; found that the other pump was not working but we had no indication other than an amber circle on the fuel page and no fuel being burned out of the right inner tank. Captain selected fuel crossfeed in-line and referenced QRH since we had no ECAM indication. Captain referenced 'inner tank pump fault' and then 'fuel gravity feed' after descending to FL200; while all of this was going on we incurred a fuel imbalance of 3500 lbs. We started gravity feeding to correct imbalance; in the process checked; and found the 'right inner tank pump 1 control': circuit breaker was tripped. After discussing our dilemma; captain exercised emergency authority and reset the circuit breaker. After resetting the circuit breaker; pump worked fine and we climbed back to FL320 and continued.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300 First Officer reported a malfunctioning fuel pump was successfully recovered with a circuit breaker reset.
Narrative: During climb; 'Right Inner Tank 1 Pump' faulted. Captain followed ECAM protocol and turned pump off. After looking at fuel page; found that the other pump was not working but we had no indication other than an Amber Circle on the fuel page and no fuel being burned out of the Right Inner Tank. Captain selected Fuel Crossfeed In-line and referenced QRH since we had no ECAM indication. Captain referenced 'Inner Tank Pump Fault' and then 'Fuel Gravity Feed' after descending to FL200; while all of this was going on we incurred a fuel imbalance of 3500 lbs. We started gravity feeding to correct imbalance; in the process checked; and found the 'Right Inner Tank Pump 1 CTL': Circuit breaker was tripped. After discussing our dilemma; Captain exercised emergency authority and reset the circuit breaker. After resetting the circuit breaker; pump worked fine and we climbed back to FL320 and continued.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.