Service difficulty report · Pump · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
September 8, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N666DN
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
25034
Part
Pump
Condition
Failed
Location
Hyd System
Component
731966
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, ELECTRICAL PUMP OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF ALL LEFT HYD QUANTITY. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION FOUND FLUID LEAKING OUT OF PUMP SPLINE DRAIN. THE FLUID LEAKED INTO ELECTRICAL PORTION OF PUMP AND NOTICED ARCING AND A BURNING SMELL. PUMP WAS REPLACED, OPERATION NORMAL.