Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Boeing 7572T7

Difficulty date
June 4, 2015
Submitted
June 4, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N935FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572T7
Aircraft serial
22780
Aircraft time
890 hours, 33,906 cycles
Part
Hydraulic Line
Condition
Blown
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLIMBING THROUGH 13000 FT, EICA LT HYD QTY ON STATUS PAGE. LT HYD QTY WAS BELOW .48 & WAS CONTINUING TO GO LOWER. RETURNED & LOWERED LG WHILE WE STILL HAD FLUID. ALT LE & TE FLAP EXTENSION. UNEVENTFUL LANDING, NO NWS SO TOW IN TO GATE OF RUNWAY. NOTE, HYD PUMP OPERATED FOR 10 MINS WITH LT HYD QTY ZERO. FOUND RT MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK ACTUATOR HYD LINE BLOWN. REPLACED WITH TEMP LINE IAW AMM 20-10-10-08 PAR 1 & 32-11-12-4. LEAK CHECKED. DUE TO SYS FLUID LOSS, INSPECTED PRESS & CASE DRAIN MODULE DPI , NONE POPPED. REMOVED & INSPECTED CASE DRAIN & PRESS FILTER FOR LT EDP IAW MM 29-11-05-6-0. NO METAL FOUND.

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