Service difficulty report · Line · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 19, 2003
Submitted
May 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45990
Part
Line
Part number
000AA5060324
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

AFTER T/O UPON GEAR RETRACTION HYD SYS PX WENT TO ZERO , HYD QTY WENT TO HALF FULL. AILERON CONTROL MANUAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. COMPLETED HYD PX ABNORMAL. ABNORM PROCEDURE, PX DID NOT INCREASE HYD QTY DECREASED TO AUX LEVEL. COMPLETED HYD QTY LOSS ABNORMAL PROCEDURE, FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND HYD PX DID NOT INCREASE, HYD QTY DROPPED TO JUST ABOVE EMER. LEVEL. COMPLETED HYD SYS FAILED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND LANDED BACK AT SDQ. T/S SYSTEM FOUND FLEX HYD LINE BROKEN. R&R FLEX LINE IAW MM 29-10-0 ON LH BOGIE TRIM ACTUATOR. SERVICED MAIN HYD. SYSTEM I/A/W/ MM 12-30-1 AND RAN NR 2 AND 3 ENGS I/A/W/ JRH. NO LEAKS NOTED. SYSTEM NORMAL.

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