Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 757324

Difficulty date
July 22, 2023
Submitted
July 24, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N57869
Make and model
Boeing 757324
Aircraft serial
32593
Aircraft time
58,450 hours, 17,679 cycles
Part
Transmitter
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Faulty
Location
Hyd Sys
Part time
15,244 hours, 3,103 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CENTER HYD QTY EICAS DURING CLIMB. QTY FLUX BETWEEN ZERO & FULL. HYD PRESS REMAINED NORM PLACE CENTER HYD QTY INDICATION EICAS. ON MEL PLACED CENTER HYD. QTY. INDICATION EICAS. ON MEL, QTY DDP C/W. OK TO DEFER CENTER QTY INDICATION PER MEL. CHECKED WIRES FROM D2598A A13 TO PIN 3, B13 TO PIN 4, C13 TO PIN 5 ON D2540 THAN PINS 3,4,AND 5 TO GROUND, NO FAULTS NOTED, MEGGED ALL WIRE, CHECKED GOOD WITH NO FAULTS, CHECKED D2598A B13 TO PIN 7 ON D2540 & MEGGED, NO FAULTS. CHECKED B13 TO C10 NO CONTINUITY FOUND, MEGGED SAME NO FAULTS FOUND, SUSPECT BAD QTY TRANSMITTER. REMOVED UNSERVICEABLE CENTER HYD RESERVIOR TRANSMITTER & INSTALLED SERVICEABLE ONE IAW AMM. COMPLETED TRANSMITTER INSTALL IAW 29-33-01. OPS CHECK GOOD.