Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Boeing 7372Y5

Difficulty date
November 6, 2002
Submitted
November 7, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N118RW
Make and model
Boeing 7372Y5
Aircraft serial
23040
Aircraft time
60,938 hours, 29,845 cycles
Part
Hydraulic Line
Condition
Damaged
Location
Right Wheel Well
Part time
60,938 hours, 29,845 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY DROPPED TO ZERO FOLLOWED BY THE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE, ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP. A SYSTEM PRESSURE REMIAINED NORMAL. ON FINAL APPROACH TO DIVERSION SITY AIRPORT, A SYSTEM PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. STANDBY SYSTEM CARRIED THE LOAD THROUGH THE LANDING.VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE WHEEL WELLS AND LANDING GEAR AREAS REVEALED A FRACTURED HYDRAULIC LINE IN THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL, FORWARD AREA OF THE WELL. INSTALLED A TEMPORARY HYDRAULIC LINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF MM 20-10-51. REMOVED, INSPECTED AND REPLACED RETURN FILTERS IN THE A SYSTEM. TRACE AMOUNTS OF METAL WERE FOUND IN THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE CASE DRAIN FILTER. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPL

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