Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 23, 2004
Submitted
August 26, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N985DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53312
Aircraft time
35,620 hours, 27,437 cycles
Part
Line
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 SYSTEM HYD QTY WENT TO 3 QTS. TURNED OFF LEFT ENG DRIVEN PUMP PER POM. RE-ENGAGED LEFT ENG HYD PUMP DURING FINAL APPROACH. LEFT HYD QTY EVENTUALLY WENT TO ZERO. FOUND BLUE FLEXIBLE PRESSURE LINE LEAKING IN TAIL CONE AREA. REPLACED FLEX LINE, LT ENG DRIVEN PUMP, TRANSFER PUMP AND FILTERS. FLUSHED LEFT HYD SYSTEM AND CLEANED AFT TAIL CONE AREA.

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