Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Boeing 7673S2F

Difficulty date
July 5, 2019
Submitted
July 9, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N157FE
Make and model
Boeing 7673S2F
Aircraft serial
42731
Aircraft time
2,136 hours, 953 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Elevator Pcu
Stage of operation
CR
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

GOT A "L HYD QTY" EICAS MESSAGE APROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS INTO FLIGHT. L HYD QTY WAS .46 ON STATUS PAGE WITH RF MAGENTA. ALSO HAD "QTY" LIGHT ON OVERHEAD. HYD QTY .07 ON SHUTDOWN. FLIGHT CREW VERBALLY RELAYED TO ACMX THAT THE LEFT HYDRAULICS NEVER LOST PRESSURE OR FULL QTY. FOUND LT ELEV (FAR LEFT PCU) LEAKING FROM BLUE PLUG TEST PORT, RUPTURED O-RING FOUND (SEE PICTURES). REPLACED O-RING PER CMM 27-30-07 ITEM 390, OPS AND LEAK CHECK SAT PER AMM 27-31-00-5 (ELEV CHECK OPS) & 29-11-00-6 (HYD LEAK RATE).

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