Service difficulty report · Hose · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
May 3, 2003
Submitted
May 5, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N222FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
20933
Aircraft time
50,707 hours, 32,808 cycles
Part
Hose
Part number
132712
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 3 Pylon
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

APPROX 5 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF PASSING THROUGH 1000 FT, ENG. 3 STRUT LT ILLUMINATED. LT EXTINGUISHED ON ITS OWN BEFORE ANY QRH ITEMS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. FOLLOWED QRH TESTED SYSTEM-GOOD AND MONITORED. PARAMETERS: A/C WEIGHT 180.0 TAT +12 EPR 1.90,1.95,1.90 N1 95%. REMOVED NR 3 STRUT LOWER PANELS AND INSPECTED DETECTOR LOOP CKD GOOD. RAN ENGINE AND FOUND A PNEUMATIC FLEX LINE LEAKING WITH TELL TAILS HEADING TOWARDS HEAT DETECTOR. THIS WAS A REPEAT ITEM, NO ANOMALY HERE ! R & R T/R FLEX LINE PER SMP. RAN #3 ENGINE PER JRH NO MORE LEAKS FOUND.

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