Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 14, 2004
Submitted
July 15, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N988DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53339
Aircraft time
32,785 hours, 25,313 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
7952170529
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FL230 LOST RIGHT HYD QTY QTY DOWN TO 4 QTS. SHUT OFF RT HYD ENG PUMP PER CKLIST. QTY REMAINED CONSTANT AT 4 QTS UNTIL PUMP WAS TURNED ON IN PREP FOR LANDING. QTY THEN DECREASED TO 1 QT. MAINTENANCE NOTED HYD FLUID UNDER AIRCRAFT. APU NOT STARTED PER CREW CKLIST. ALSO NO LOW PRESSURE INDICATION FOR HYD. INSTALLED TEMP LINE ON RT SYS PRESS TRANS. LEAK CK'D GOOD. OK FOR 350 HRS PER M/M 20/12/09. INSP AFTER 175 FLT HOURS.

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