Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 6, 2007
Submitted
May 9, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N169PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53175
Aircraft time
47,482 hours, 32,470 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM DUE TO SMOKE ODOR IN PASSENGERS CABIN. A HYDRAULIC LEAK WAS DETECTED IN THE APU INLET DUCT. THE HYDRAULIC LEAK WAS REPAIRED AND WATER SEPARATORS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 21-20-02, TESTED CORRECT. DURING BOARDING, THE HYDRAULIC ODOR WAS PRESENT AGAIN AND FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, THE AFT ACCESSORIES COMPARTMENT WAS CHECKED DETECTING A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE RETURN LINE OF THE LT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. HYDRAULIC RETURN LINE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 20-10-03 TESTED CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, A NEW HYDRAULIC LEAK WAS DETECTED IN THE STEERING HYDRAULIC LINE. THE STEERING HYDRAULIC LINE, APU AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVE WERE REPLACED IAW MM 20-10-03, 49-00-01 AND 21-20-03, TE

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