Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 7377BX

Difficulty date
December 28, 2013
Submitted
January 7, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N737KA
Make and model
Boeing 7377BX
Aircraft serial
30740
Aircraft time
26,515 hours, 16,520 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
66087
Part serial
283048
Condition
Failed
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TOP OF DESCENT, "B" HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. ON GROUND, INSPECTION OF RT ENGINE FOUND HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE ENGINE COWLING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND THE RT ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP SHAFT SHEARED AND THE ENGINE OIL OVER FULL. HYDRAULIC PUMP REPLACED AND HYDRAULIC FILTERS CHANGED. ENGINE OIL SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED. DURING NEXT FLIGHT, HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED AGAIN. PUMP SHAFT DID NOT SHEAR BUT THE PUMP OVERHEATED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE QUICK DISCONNECT FITTING FOR THE ENGINE HYD PUMP CASE DRAIN LINE DEFECTIVE AND BLOCKAGE IN THE CASE DRAIN LINE. QUICK DISCONNECT FITTING, PN 155006-09 WAS REPLACED AND THE BLOCKAGE WAS REMOVED FROM THE CASE DRAIN LINE. HYD PUMP, PN 66087 WAS REPLACED. HYDRAULIC FILTERS WERE CHANGED AND THE ENGINE OIL FLUSHED. SUBSEQUENT OPERATION NORMAL.

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