Service difficulty report · Coupling · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 3, 2011
Submitted
October 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N621FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48792
Aircraft time
41,734 hours, 9,608 cycles
Part
Coupling
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd Line
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O "NR1 HYD LOW" ALERT APPEARED WITH FLUID DECREASING THEN HYD FAIL ALERT IN NR1. FLUID QUANTITY INDICATED 0. FOUND CRACKED UNION NR 1 HYD RETURN LINE, PERFORMED REPAIR IAW AMM 20-10-01. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE MANIFOLD FILTERS IAW MM 29-12-41-2. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC PUMPS IAW MM 29-11-20-4-2. SERVICED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM IAW MM 29-11-20. BOTH HYDRAULIC PUMPS, FILTER MANIFOLD AND SLAT REPAIR LEAK CHECKED GOOD. INSTALLED SLAT PANEL IAW MM 57-40-01-4. OK FOR SERVICE.

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