Service difficulty report · Hydraulic System · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 8, 2016
Submitted
May 9, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N933DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49720
Aircraft time
71,241 hours, 53,474 cycles
Part
Hydraulic System
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ENROUTE RT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW AND RUDDER CONTROL MAN. RT HYD PRESSURE "0" , HYD QTY INITIALLY WENT TO 3 QTS THEN TO 19 QTS. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURE NORMAL LANDING AND CONFIGURATION. FOUND BOTH HYD SYS REQUIRED BLEED DUE TO AIR IN SYS. REPLACED RT HYD FILTERS AND FOUND NO DEBRIS. SERVICED SYS AND RAN ENGINE AND CYCLES ALL SYSTEMS. ALL PRESSURES CHECK NORMAL.

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