Service difficulty report · Motor · Boeing 727224

Difficulty date
July 6, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N69736
Make and model
Boeing 727224
Aircraft serial
69736
Part
Motor
Part number
MS9391130ZE4C
Condition
Leaking
Location
Flap Actuator
Stage of operation
CR
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

THE A-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY DROPPED TO ZERO WHILE EN ROUTE. THE LOSS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE LOW PRESSURE LIGHT AND LEADING EDGE FLAP AMBER LIGHT. THE NR 1 KREUGER FLAP WAS SHOWING UNLOCKED ON AUX PANEL. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OUTBOARD HYDRAULIC FLAP ACTUATOR MOTOR LEAKING. THE FLAP ACTUATOR MOTOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. IN ADDITION, BOTH THE NR 1 AND NR 2 HYDRAULIC ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.