Service difficulty report · Seal · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
July 20, 2004
Submitted
August 18, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N189AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22656
Aircraft time
64,563 hours, 52,437 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
EA933376
Condition
Damaged
Location
Hyd Indicator
Component
Indicator · Boeing
Component part number
B7113
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PHX - EMERGENCY LANDING - FLT 0628 - EN ROUTE FROM OAK TO PHX AT 33,000 FT A-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY INDICATOR WAS ERRATIC INDICATING BETWEEN A HALF QT AND FULL. DECLARED EMERGENCY INTO PHX. AFTER LANDING HYDRAULIC QUANTITY INDICATION RETURNED TO NORMAL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED A-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY TRANSMITTER IAW T/C R4R29001, INDICATOR STILL READING INCORRECT, REPLACED QUANTITY INDICATOR AND SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD. VENDORS FUNCTIONAL TEST OF INDICATOR S/N B01114 CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT. TEARDOWN OF UNIT FOUND HEAVY CONTAMINATION, LAMPS INOPERATIVE CAUSING UNEVEN ILLUMINATION, AND A DAMAGED FILL TUBE. REPLACED LAMPS (P/N 328) AND FILL TUBE, UNIT WAS CLEANED, CALIBRATED AND TESTED IAW CMM 29