Service difficulty report · Hyd Pump · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
December 24, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N19072
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46576
Part
Hyd Pump
Part number
6506606
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A, J

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

What was found

THE A/C LOST NR 2 SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID WHILE ENROUTE FROM HNL TO GUM. THE FLUID LOSS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ILLUMINATION OF BOTH LT AND RT PUMP PRESSURE LOW LIGHTS. THE NR 2 HYD QTY LOSS CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED, FUEL WAS DUMPED, AND THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO HNL WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE NR 2 ENG RT ENG DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP CASE CRACKED. BOTH THE RT AND LT NR 2 ENG DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE RT HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE LINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO LEAKAGE. THE HYDRAULIC SYS WAS SERVICED. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS RUN AND LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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