Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
December 30, 2022
Submitted
January 11, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55027
Aircraft time
55,614 hours, 38,953 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF RIGHT HYDRAULIC QUANTITY UPON GEAR EXTENSION DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING. THE CREW COMPLIED WITH THE QRH, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC, AND UTILIZED THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. THAT LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, BUT THE MAIN GEAR DOORS DID CONTACT THE RUNWAY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR HAD FAILED AND WAS THE SOURCE OF THE FLUID LOSS. THE RIGHT MLG RETRACT ACTUATOR, ALL OF THE RIGHT SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FILTERS, THE RIGHT ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP, AND ALSO THE ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC PUMP WERE REPLACED DUE TO COMPLETE SYSTEM FLUID LOSS & PROBABLE CAVITATION.

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