SDR ARWA980407

Service difficulty report · Hyd Line · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
April 20, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1804
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
45896
Part
Hyd Line
Part number
1140450600
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 4
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
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

LOST HYDRAULIC FLUID TO STAND PIPE LEVEL, HYDRAULIC LOSS OF FLUID, EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED. PRESSURE CHECK OK. ABNORMAL CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED TO AND BEFORE LANDING CHECKS. LANDING AND ROLL-OUT WERE UNEVENTFUL. PRECAUTIONARY A/C TOW IN WAS REQUESTED AFTER CLEARING RUNWAY. FLAPS WERE MAINTAINED AT LANDING CONFIGURATION TO AVOID FURTHER LOSS OF FLUID. AFTER MECHANICS CHECKED FOR LEAKS IT APPEARED LIKE FLEX HYDRAULIC LINE (NR 4) HAD SPLIT OPEN AT THE RUDDER PUMP LOCATION. REMOVED AND REPLACED LINE, RAN NR 2 AND 3 ENGINES AND CYCLED ALL SYSTEMS THROUGH SEVERAL TIMES TO BLEED AIROUT SERVICED HYD QTY. AS REQUIRED, NO LEAKS NOTED AT THIS TIME, IAW DC-8 MM 27-20-02.

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