Service difficulty report · Reservoir · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
July 23, 2009
Submitted
July 28, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838AM
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49397
Aircraft time
66,928 hours, 32,796 cycles
Part
Reservoir
Part number
59369565001
Part serial
EEI8432
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Hyd Sys
Part time
15,559 hours, 8,626 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
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

CABIN CREW REPORTED LOST HYD FLUID FROM RT SYS, EXTENDING LANDING GEAR ON ALTERNATE MODE, SO MLG DOORS DID NOT RETRACT TO CLOSED POSITION, CAUSING BOTH DOORS HIT THE GROUND. ACFT WAS TOWED TO GATE WHERE DETECTED HYD FLUID COMING FROM BLEED VALVE OF RT RESERVOIR TANK, IT GOT STUCK IN OPEN POSITION. BLEED VALVE WAS REPOSITIONED AND THE HYD SYS REFILLED IAW AMM 29-00-00; ALSO, RT DOOR SKID WAS REPLACED IAW EO 983212 AND ALTERNATE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CONTROL WAS RESET IAW AMM 32-31-02; TESTED CORRECT IAW AMM 32-10-00. HYD SYS IS WORKING CORRECTLY AND IT IS BEING MONITORED BY OUR MCC, AS A PREVENTIVE ACTION THE HYD TANK AND BLEED VALVE WILL BE REPLACED BY JULY 28TH, 2009 DURING ITS NEXT STOP AT MX BASE.

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