SDR CAL950934

Service difficulty report · Actuator Ftg · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
October 18, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N10791
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20645
Part
Actuator Ftg
Part number
1U1110
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Le Flap
Part time
17,880 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

FLT NR 0219 - EWR - THE 'A' SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY DROPPED TO ZERO ACCOMPANIED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS DURING CLIMB-OUT OF EWR. 'ABNORMAL' PROCEDURES WERE COMPLIED WITH, FUEL WAS DUMPED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 LEADING EDGE FLAP ACUTATOR WAS REPLACED. ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE CYCLED AND LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. (M)