Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 8, 2002
Submitted
April 23, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N951DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49882
Aircraft time
33,813 hours, 26,862 cycles
Part
Check Valve
Part number
17101912
Condition
Sticking
Location
A/C Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O FROM CVG, PASSING THROUGH APPROX 11K AFT FLT ATT REPORTED ABNORMALLY HIGH PITCHED NOISE COMING FROM TAIL CONE AREA AND REPORTED FLUID LEAKING FROM O/H TAIL CONE. RETURNED TO CVG. CYCLED BOTH PACKS WITH NO EFFECT ON NOISE, NOISE STOPPED DESCENDING THROUGH 7K. REPLACED LT & RT WATER SEPARATOR BAGS, FOUND BOTH DRAIN SCREENS ON WATER BAG HOUSING CLOGGED. CLEANED SAME, FOUND RT WATER BAG HOUSING CHECK VALVE STICKING. REPLACED SAME, SYS CHECKS NORMAL.

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