Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Boeing 7373T0

Difficulty date
March 28, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14337
Make and model
Boeing 7373T0
Aircraft serial
23575
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Leaking
Location
B-Hyd Syst
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

AIRCRAFT LOST B-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PRESSURE ON APPROACH. THE LOSS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE HYDRAULIC PUMP LOW PRESSURE LIGHT. MAINTENANCE FOUND ELBOW LOOSE AND A BAD O-RING ON LOWER END OF ACOUSTIC FILTER. THE O-RING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE ELBOW WAS TIGHTENED. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.