Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
January 16, 2005
Submitted
January 18, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N751RA
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49779
Aircraft time
39,233 hours, 26,825 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
1474253
Part serial
5013
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Part time
15,947 hours, 10,900 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK WAS DETECTED AN HYDRAULIC LEAK ON RT MAIN LANDING GEAR WELL. WELL WAS CLEANED AND SYSTEM WAS PRESSURIZED AND NO LEAK WAS DETECTED, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS RECHARGED WITH 4 QUARTERS, ALL CORRECT. AT AGU, HYDRAULIC LEAK WAS DETECTED ON RIGHT SPOILER SELECTOR VALVE. SELECTOR VALVE LINES WERE TIGHTENED AND SYSTEM WAS CHECKED BY LEAKS IAW MM 29-10-26, ALL CORRECT. AT MEX VALVE WAS REPLACED AND TESTED IAW MM 29-10-06, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS RECHARGED AT CORRECT LEVEL, ALL CORRECT.

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