Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 7572S7

Difficulty date
March 6, 2006
Submitted
March 7, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905AW
Make and model
Boeing 7572S7
Aircraft serial
23567
Aircraft time
74,059 hours, 29,238 cycles
Part
Pump
Condition
Failed
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

REPORTED LOSING THE LT HYDRAULIC QUANTITY AND PRESSURE DURING CLIMB. ALSO RECEIVED -L HYD ELECT PUMP- EICAS MSG DISPLAYED AND -L ELECTRIC HYD PUMP-, -LOW PRESSURE- LIGHT ILLUMINATED OVERHEAD. CREW RETURNED TO PHX AND LANDED WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT STANDING BY. LANDING UNEVENTFUL AND AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO GATE. MX R & R LT ELECTRICAL PUMP. OPS TESTS GOOD. TEAR DOWN REPORT DID CONFIRM REASON FOR REMOVAL. THE L/H ELEC. PUMP WAS FOUND WITH THE STATOR BURNED THROUGH AND ROTOR BADLY DAMAGED, DUE TO STARVATION. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP THAT WAS ALSO CHANGED OUT, IN ADDITION TO THE ELECTRICAL PUMP, WAS MORE THAN LIKELY THE CAUSE OF FLUID LOSS. THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP HAD DISINTEGRATED SEAL

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