MD-11 Flight Crew Operations Manual
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Fuel Chapter Fuel
Alerts Section 40
Fuel.40.1
Fuel.40 Fuel-Alerts
NOTE: The associated cue switch is shown in parenthesis (XXX)
following the alert.
Red Boxed Alerts (Level 3)
TNK 1/2/3 FUEL QTY LO (FUEL) - Indicates approximately 4536 kgs of
fuel in each tank 1 and 3, and approximately 1724 kgs in tank 2 during
fuel dump.
Amber Boxed Alerts (Level 2)
BALST FUEL DISAG (FUEL) - Amount of fuel in the ballast tank is not
compatible with the FMS ballast fuel value or FSC does not
acknowledge receipt of ballast fuel data from the FMS.
CG OUT OF LIMIT (FUEL) - Aircraft CG out of aft limit.
DUMP VLV L/R DISAG (FUEL) - Left or right fuel dump valve is in
disagreement with commanded position.
FSC AUTO FAIL (FUEL) - FSC cannot control the fuel system in auto mode
and has not reverted to manual.
FUEL DUMP LEVEL (FUEL) - The fuel dump function did not shut off at
the programmed level.
FUEL OFF SCHEDULE (FUEL) - Fuel in the tanks is not according to
schedule.
FUEL QTY ALERTS (FUEL) - Data transmission is affected. There is a
possible total failure of fuel alerting or a particular bus structure is
inoperative.
FUEL QTY FAULT (FUEL) - Fault in one or more tank quantity indicating
systems or total quantity has not changed in the past 12 minutes.
FUEL QTY/USED CHK (FUEL) - FSC senses a discrepancy between
calculated and indicated fuel on board. There may be a fuel leak.
FUEL SYS ALERTS (FUEL) - Display electronic units not receiving valid
data from fuel system controllers. Fuel system warning and alerting is
faulty.
LAT FUEL UNBAL (FUEL) - The fuel quantities in tanks 1 and 3 differ
more than the allowed tolerance of 1,800 kilograms.
November 16, 2009