Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 8, 2001
Submitted
April 17, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N933DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49720
Aircraft time
34,140 hours, 27,776 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
AS15308K0254
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

LEFT HYDRAULIC QUANTITY DECREASED INFLIGHT FROM 11 QUARTS TO 4 QUARTS. FOLLOWED POM PROCEDURE AND QUANTITY INCREASED TO 19 QUARTS. TURNED LEFT ENGINE AND AUXILLARY AND TRANSFER PUMPS BACK ON AND QUANTITY WENT SLOWLY BACK TO ZERO AND PRESSURE ZERO. REPLACED LINE FROM THRUST REVERSER BYPASS VALVE TO CASE DRAIN FILTERS. REPLACED CASE DRAIN FILTERS AND TRANSFER PUMPFILTER. LEAK CHECKS GOOD.

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