Service difficulty report · Hyd Pump · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
October 21, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804DH
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46124
Part
Hyd Pump
Part number
56953
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
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

INFLIGHT HYD PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. RUDDER AND AILERON MAN CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, BUT HYD QUANITY IND WAS STUCK ON FULL. ON CLOSE EXAMINATION, FOUND HYD QUANITY INDICATOR NEEDLE STUCK ON RT SIDE OF FULL PEG. DETERMINED THAT ALL HYD FLUID LOST AND EXECUTED APPROPRIATE CHECK LIST. FOUND NR 2 PUMP SHAFT SEAL LEAKING. REPLACED ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS, HYD RESERVOIR, CASE DRAIN FILTERS, RETURN FILTERS AND BOTH PRESSURE FILTERS PER M/M CHAP 29-10. BLEED AND LEAK CHECKED UNITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED HYD QUANTITIY INDICATOR PER MM 29-30-0.

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