Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
July 19, 2017
Submitted
August 2, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48552
Aircraft time
78,907 hours, 15,639 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING CRUISE, THE HYD 3 PRESSURE HIGH ALERT. HYD 3 OFF. TEMP WENT TO 120 DEGREE C AND PRESS TO 3720. THEN IN SERVICE QTY HYD 3 WENT TO O PSI. LEAK APPEARS TO BE FROM THE NR 3 HYD PRESSURE LINE FROM PYLON UNDER 617AB. REMOVED AND INSPECTED RT ENGINE CASE DRAIN FILTERS. NO DEBRIS NOTED. INSTALLED NEW FILTERS. NEEDS LEAK CHECK. IAW AMM 29-12-30-2-1. CHECKED THE NR 3 ENGINE CASE DRAIN FILTERS IAW AMM 29-12-42-6, AND LEAKED CHECKED IAW 29-00-00-6. NO LEAKS NOTED. OK FOR SERVICE.

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