Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Boeing 737724

Difficulty date
August 11, 2017
Submitted
August 12, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N24702
Make and model
Boeing 737724
Aircraft serial
28763
Aircraft time
62,719 hours, 21,693 cycles
Part
Pressure Switch
Condition
Leaking
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

HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INDICATED ZERO, SYSTEM B LOSS OF HYD B SYSTEM. EMERGENCY DECLARED. B SYSTEM BOTH ELECTRICAL AND EDP SHUTOFF BY CREW WHEN LOW PRESSURE LIGHT FLICKERED ON . RESERVOIR STILL HAD SOME FLUID IN IT, ON ARRIVAL. FOUND PTU PRESSURE SWITCH BUSHING LEAKING, RETURN UNION ON B MODULE BOSS LEAKING, AND PRESSURE SUPPLY TO MODULE UNION LEAKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE O-RINGS. PRESSURE SWITCH HAD BENT PIN AND APPEARED TO BE OVERTORQUED TO BUSHING. REPLACED THE SWITCH. SYSTEM SERVICED AND LEAK CHECKED SATISFACTORY FOR FLT. ENGINE CASE DRAIN INSPECTED, CLEANED AND REPLACED. LEAK CHECKED OK.