SDR ASMF201610020

Service difficulty report · Tube · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date: September 11, 2016
Submitted: October 3, 2016
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N965AM
Make and model: Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial: 35308
Aircraft time: 13,432 hours, 1,753 cycles
System (JASC): 2910 · Hydraulic System, Main
Part: Tube
Condition: Leaking
Location: Hyd System
Part time: 2,310 hours, 425 cycles
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: K
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK, AFTER TO REPLACE OF RIGHT VARIABLE FREQUENCY STARTER GENERATOR (VFSG), A HYDRAULIC LEAK WAS DETECTED AT TUBE OF VFSG. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE TUBE OF VFSG IAW AMM DMC B787-A-24-21-09-00B-520A-A / -720A-A, TESTED CORRECT.

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