Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 4, 2014
Submitted
December 5, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N945DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49818
Aircraft time
66,375 hours, 49,877 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING INITIAL CLIMBOUT, CREW REPORTED A HOT HYDRAULIC ODOR BEING EMITTED FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. BOTH THE FORWARD AND THE REAR LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS SOUNDED. ODOR DISSIPATED AND ALARMS SILENCED QUICKLY BUT THEN IT ALL REPEATED DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING AT DESTINATION. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THREE HYDRAULIC LINE LEAKS. THE A SYSTEM RETURN LINE, THE SPOILER SHUTOFF VALVE LINE, AND THE LEFT ANTI-SKID VALVE FITTING, WERE PROVIDING FLUID TO BE INGESTED BY THE APU. TWO O-RINGS AND A TEMPORARY LINE WERE INSTALLED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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