Service difficulty report · Hyd Line · Boeing 7372C0

Difficulty date
January 26, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14241
Make and model
Boeing 7372C0
Aircraft serial
20070
Part
Hyd Line
Part number
AE2460014H0480
Condition
Chafed
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
J, K
Precautionary procedure
A

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 SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE FLUID LOSS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE NR 2 A-SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE LIGHT. CHECKLIST PROCEDURES WERE COMPLIED WITH AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE A-SYSTEM FLEX LINE CHAFED THROUGH AT RT WING BETWEEN RT LANDING GEAR AND NR 2 ENGINE PYLON. THE LINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED AND OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD.