Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 28, 2006
Submitted
December 29, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N953DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49884
Aircraft time
46,158 hours, 35,469 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
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

RT HYD QTY WENT TO 1 QT AT CRUISE FL240 QTY RETURNED TO 10 QT AFTER RT ENGINE DRIVEN HYD PUMP SHUTDOWN IAW QRH. LOST RT SYS PRESSURE DURING CONFIG FOR LANDING. USED ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION AND STOPPED ON RUNWAY FOUND PRESSURE FLEX LINE FROM NR 2 ENG TO PYLON LEAKING. REPLACED SAME. RAN ALL HYD SYSTEMS. NO LEAKS. RESERVICED RT HYD SYSTEM TO FULL. RT SYSTEM NEVER FULLY DEPLETED. CHECKED OPERATION OF ELECTRIC AND ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS ALL CHECKS GO REPLACED MLG DOOR SKIDS ON BOTH DOORS.

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