Service difficulty report · Reservoir · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 8, 2017
Submitted
February 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N964DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49983
Aircraft time
69,842 hours, 51,615 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
68,030 hours, 51,607 cycles
Part
Reservoir
Condition
Defective
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKE-OFF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS FAILED. BOTH SYSTEMS CAME UP NORMAL ON DEPARTURE. AFTER RAISING THE LANDING GEAR AND TURNING OFF THE AUXILIARY AND TRANSFER HYDRAULIC PUMPS, BOTH SYSTEM PRESSURES REDUCED TO ZERO. QUANTITY LEVEL WAS 19L AND 11R. THE NOGO ODI WORK CARD 2932 WAS PERFORMED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR, THE LEFT ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP, AND THE CASE DRAIN FILTER PER AMM 29-10. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED PER AMM 07-11 AND ALL CHECKED OK. NO AIR WAS FOUND IN SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WAS BLED DOWN AND AN ENGINE RUN WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS.

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