Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
September 14, 2025
Submitted
September 16, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N11206
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
30578
Aircraft time
76,890 hours, 28,626 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd Sys
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LOSS OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM B PRESSURE AND QUANTITY IN FLIGHT. FOUND B SYS QTY AT ZERO. FOUND LEAK AT B SYS HYD MODULE PLUG. REPLACED PLUG ORING RETORQUED AND SAFTEID. WILL NEED LEAK CHECK WHEN HYDRAULICS ARE RESTORED. FOUND "B" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR AT 0% QTY. DUE TO UNKNOWN TIME ENGINE & ELEC HYD PUMPS WERE RUN WITH ZERO QTY NEED TO REPLACE #2 EDP AND B SYS EDMP. ALSO RPL B SYS CASE DRAIN, PRESSURE AND RETURN FILTERS. CHECKED SDR DUE TO LOSS OF ALL SYSTEM B HYD FLUID. CREW SHUT DOWN BOTH SYSTEM B HYD PUMPS IN FLIGHT. SYSTEM OPS HAS BEEN RESTORED TO NORMAL. ORIGIN OF ORIGINAL LEAK WAS AN ORING ON A PLUG AT THE B SYS PRESSURE MODULE. LEAK AND FLIGHT CONTROL OPERATIONAL CHECKS NORMAL.