Service difficulty report · Union · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
December 3, 2005
Submitted
December 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N240FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
20978
Aircraft time
52,553 hours, 40,588 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Union
Part number
BACU24X8
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O WHEN GEAR LVR WAS RAISED TO THE UP POS THE HYD SYS (A) RESERVOIR WENT TO ZERO. THE GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND FLAPS STAYED AT 15 DEG. REMOVED AND REPLACED PACKING AND UNION FOR THE OB TE FLAP CONTROL VALVE IAW IPC REF 27-50-00-30AZZ ITEM 145. LEAK AND OP CK, GOOD ON ENG RUN. DEBRIEF INDICATED THAT (A) PUMPS OPERATED FOR 15 MIN AT ZERO QTY. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 AND NR 2 ENG DRIVEN HYD PUMPS IAW MM 29-11-033-4. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 ENG HYD CASE DRAIN FILTERS. SERVICED AND CYCLED ALL FLT CONTROLS NUMEROUS TIMES AND RESERVICED HYD AFTER SHUTDOWN.

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