Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
January 5, 2005
Submitted
March 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft time
55,623 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D15A
Part
Transmitter
Part number
106055410
Condition
Sticking
Location
Hyd System
Part time
56,659 hours, 28,372 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) 'A' SYSTEM LOW LEVEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, 'A' SYSTEM QUANTITY DOWN TO 2 GALLONS AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. CREW RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ARRIVED AND INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND 3 GALLONS INDICATING. FOUND SMALL LEAK ON B-NUT ON TAIL SKID ACTUATOR. ALSO FOUND HYDRAULIC QUANTITY TRANSMITTER STICKING ON 'A' SYSTEM RESERVOIR, INDICATION FLUCTUATED +/- 1.5 GALLONS BY TAPPING ON TRANSMITTER. TRANSMITTER REPLACED ENGINE RUNS CARRIED OUT WITH NO FURTHER LEAKS FOUND AND INDICATION WORKING CORRECTLY.