Service difficulty report · O-Rings · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
September 29, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802AX
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
46134
Part
O-Rings
Part number
23722886
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd Filter
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

GENERAL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID QUANTITY BEGAN DECREASING IN FLIGHT. ACCOMPLISHED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE OR FLUID LOSS CHECKLIST. DURING APPROACH WITH AUX PUMP ON, QUANTITY STOPPED DECREASING HALFWAY BETWEEN FULL AND STANDPIPE. NO FURTHER FLUID LOSS WAS NOTED. REPLACED LEFT AILERON HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FILTER O-RINGS IAW DC8 MM CHAPTER 29. DURING ENGINE GROUND RUN, LEAK CHECK WAS GOOD.

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