Service difficulty report · Hose · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 20, 2017
Submitted
July 25, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48596
Aircraft time
79,000 hours, 15,607 cycles
Part
Hose
Part number
AE7086773
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd System
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

HYD 3 FAILED WHILE AIRBORNE, 1 HR AT FL360 AT BLOCK IN, FOUND HYD FLUID COMING OUT OF NR 3 ENGINE. OPENED THE NR 3 ENGINE COWLINGS AND THRUST REVERSER IAW AMM 71-10-00-2-1. FOUND LEAK COMING FROM CASE DRAIN FILTER TO PYLON HOSE. FOUND CASE DRAIN HOSE CRACKED ON RIGID END OF LINE AT THE BEND CLOSE TO THE B-NUT. REPLACED THE NR 3 RT ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP IAW AMM 29-11-20-4-2. REPLACED THE LT AND RT ENGINE HYD PUMP FILTERS IAW AMM 29-12-41-2. R & R NR 3 ENGINE UPPER ENGINE HYD PUMP. DRY MOTORED ENGINE. NO LEAKS NOTED ON LT AND RT PUMP, ON THE HYD LINE AND ON THE FILTERS. RAN NR 3 ENGINE. ALL OPERATIONS AND INDICATIONS FOR NR 3 HYD SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD. NO LEAKS NOTED IAW MM 29-11-20-4-2 AND JRH.

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