Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
August 1, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14063
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
47864
Part
O-Ring
Part number
NAS162216
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 3 Hyd Sys
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 HYD SYS 3 ELEVATOR OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE NR 3 PRESSURE AND QUANTITY WERE NORMAL. APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS LATER THE SYSTEM 3 PRESSURE LIGHTS CAME ON. BOTH PUMPS WERE TRIED, BUT THE PRESSURE STILL DROPPED WITH THE QUANTITY INDICATING 7 GALLONS. ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION WAS USED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NR 3 HYD SYSTEM WAS FOUND EMPTY. MAINTENANCE FOUND UNION LEAKING AT 2 TO 3 REV PUMP. THE O-RING AT THE UNION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE NR 3 HYD QUANTITY GUAGE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED DUE TO FAULTY OPERATION. THE NR 3 HYD SYSTEM WAS SERVICED. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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