What was found
AIRCRAFT RETURN TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF HYDRAULIC LEAK AND LOW PRESSURE INDICATION. DURING REVISION WAS DETECTED A CRACK ON THE LEFT FUSE ASSEMBLY HYDRAULIC QUANTITY MEASURE. IT WAS CHANGED IAW MM, TEST OK.
- Difficulty date
- May 20, 2002
- Submitted
- June 27, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N838AM
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49397
- System (JASC)
- 2910 · Hydraulic System, Main
- Part
- Fuse
- Part number
- 8365DG20
- Part serial
- 1791
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Hyd System
- Part time
- 7,343 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.