SDR GAIA99117

Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
August 11, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N856AA
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
20997
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
'A' Hyd System
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLT 518 - TOL-ATL - CLEARED FOR SHORT APPROACH BY ATC. CREW PREPARED A/C FOR APPROACH BY EXTENDING THE FLAPS AND GEAR. ATC THEN EXTENDED THE APPROACH, SO THE CREW RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND GEAR TO CLEAN UP THE AIRCRAFT. AT THAT TIME, THE 'A' SYSTEM HYD QTY DROPPED TO LESS THAN 2 GAL AND THE LOW QTY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, SO THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED USING THE ALTERNATE SYS AND THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED MANUALLY. A/C LANDED SAFELY W/O ANY FURTHER DIFFICULTIES. AFTER LANDING, THE HYD QTY RETURNED TO NORMAL AND THE LOW QTY LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. MX PRESSURIZED 'A' AND 'B' SYSTEM HYDRAULICS AND PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF SYSTEMS FOR LEAKS, AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. REMOVED, CLEANED AND R