Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
April 12, 2012
Submitted
April 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N469FE
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
21581
Aircraft time
45,835 hours, 31,919 cycles
Part
Indicator
Part number
B7111
Part serial
B0341
Condition
Failed
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT HYD SYS A QTY DECREASED TO 2.4 GALLONS. QRH PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND AFTER THE SYS A SPOILERS SWITCH WAS CLOSED LEAK APPEARED TO STOP. INSPECTED ACFT FOR EVIDENCE OF HYD LEAK IAW MM 29-00-000-6 PARA 1.B. NO LEAKS NOTED QTY AT BLOCK IN ON SYS A WAS 4.1 GALLONS. CREW REPORTED THAT THE QTY INDICATION WAS SOMEWHAT ERRATIC. SUSPECT INDICATOR AND/OR QTY TRANSMITTER. PERFORMED HYD SYS INTERNAL LEAKAGE CHECK IAW MM 29-00-00-6 PARA C. (1)-(4)A. THE TOTAL SYS "B" LEAKAGE WAS 250 CC/MIN. THE MAX ALLOWED IS 17000 CC/MIN. THE TOTAL SYS "A" LEAKAGE WAS 2500 CC/MIN. THE MAX ALLOWED IS 20800 CC/MIN. R & R "A" SYS. QTY IND IAW BMM 31-00-011-4-0, SERVICED TO FULL, COMPARED TO DIRECT READING GAUGE, CHECKED NORMAL.