Service difficulty report · Pump · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
July 6, 2007
Submitted
July 9, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N309FE
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
48298
Aircraft time
51,894 hours, 16,500 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
1489951
Part serial
732
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Hyd System
Part time
15,094 hours, 4,014 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PDIS: CLIMBING THRU 7000MSL HYD NR 3 PRESSURE CUE LIGHT ILLUMINATED COMPLIED WITH QRH RETURNED TO MEM WHEN THE HYD PUMPS WERE TURNED OFF HYD QTY RETURNED TO 5.7 GALS. WHILE RUNNING QRH CHECKLIST PUMPS WERE TURNED ON HYD QTY DECREASED AND HYD PRESS CUE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHUT DOWN HYD SYS 3 QTY SHOWED 6.2 GALS. ALT GEAR HANDLE WAS USED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. FOUND HYD FLUID ON TAIL OF A/C FOGGING OUT OF THE DOOR RAN NR 3 HYD SYS AND FOUND SYS 3 HYD S/O VLV MOTOR LEAKING FROM BETWEEN VLV HOUSING AND MOTOR. A GAP CAN BE SEEN BETWEEN VLV MOTOR AND HOUSING. REMOVED AND REPLACED 3-2 NON REVERSIBLE MOTOR PUMP SHUTOFF VALVE. RESET MANUAL EXT HANDLE. CHECKED ENG PUMP AND NR 3 CASE DRAIN FILTER DP INDICATORS. A

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