Service difficulty report · Control Module · Boeing 727224

Difficulty date
January 12, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N32725
Make and model
Boeing 727224
Aircraft serial
20655
Part
Control Module
Part number
6595600642
Condition
Leaking
Location
Aileron
Stage of operation
CL
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-SYSTEM HYDRAULIC OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 6000 FEET. A MINUTE LATER, THE A-HYDRAULIC SYSTEM QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO. THE HYDRAULIC FAILURE CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED, FUEL WAS DUMPED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND AILERON CONTROL MODULE LEAKING. THE AILERON CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.