Service difficulty report · Hyd Module · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
November 28, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N528DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21702
Part
Hyd Module
Part number
65178234
Condition
Leaking
Location
Elevator
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMB-OUT, ELEV FEEL DIFFERENTIAL PRESS LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER, HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND QUANTITY GOOD ON ALL SYSTEMS, ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER, THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM-A OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TURNED NR 1 PUMP BACK ON, WAS GOOD FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES, AND LIGHT RE-ILLUMINATED WITH LOSS OF PRESSURE AND QUANTITY ALMOST INSTANTANONEOUSLY. HAD UNEVENTFUL LANDING, FOUND ELEVATOR HYDRAULIC MODULE LEAKING FROM PLUG AT COMPENSATOR. REPLACED ELEVATOR HYDRAULIC MODULE.