Service difficulty report · Hyd Line · Boeing 72722

Difficulty date
September 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N107FE
Make and model
Boeing 72722
Aircraft serial
19202
Part
Hyd Line
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 12 Spoiler
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
F, K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN-FLIGHT AT FL 280, NR 1 ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WITH FLUCTUATION IN PRESSURE. TWO SECONDS LATER, NR 2 ENGINE HYD PRESS LIGHT BLINKED, THEN BOTH LIGHTS CAME ON STEADY WITH RAPID LOSS OF ALL A-SYSTEM HYD FLUID. PUMPS WERE OPERATED WITHOUT FLUID FOR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES. QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITH ILLUMINATION OF PUMP LIGHTS. FOUND HYD RETURN LINE BY NR 12 SPOILER CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LINE. CHANGED BOTH A-SYSTEM PRESSURE FILTERS AND RETURN FILTER. SERVICED SYSTEM. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 HYD PUMP AND CASE DRAIN FILTERS. LEAK CK GOOD.

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