Service difficulty report · Clamp · Boeing 727243

Difficulty date
October 13, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579PE
Make and model
Boeing 727243
Aircraft serial
21662
Part
Clamp
Condition
Broken
Location
A-Sys Filter
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON APPROACH, GEAR EXTENDED NORMAL THEN FLAPS SELECTED TO 30, A-SYTEM QUANTITY REDUCED TO 0. SYSTEM PUMPS WERE TURNED OFF. FOUND A-SYSTEM RETURN FILTER MOUNT CLAMP BROKEN. REPLACED RETURN FILTER ASSEMBLY PER MM 29-11-102 AND REPLACED ENGINE A-PUMP, EDP CASE DRAIN FILTER, PRESSURE FILTER AND FLUSHED A-SYSTEM PER MM 29-11-33, MM 29-11-41, MM 29-11-41 AND 29-11-0.