Service difficulty report · Ram Air Turb · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
July 12, 2005
Submitted
July 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N668DN
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
25141
Aircraft time
47,189 hours, 22,518 cycles
Part
Ram Air Turb
Part serial
N1062
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING HMV3PSV19 ROUTINE OPN 6002 WAS BEING PERFORMED TO TEST THE RAM AIR TURBINE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM. THE RAT FAILED TO DEPLOY TO FULL EXTEND AND LOCK POSITION. MTC CLEANED AND LUBED LINKAGE, DOOR HINGES AND ADJUSTED COMPARTMENT DOOR LINKAGE PER MM. RAT WAS RETESTED PER MM 29-21-00-735-143, OPERATION WAS NORMAL.