Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
November 15, 2017
Submitted
November 17, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N293UP
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48473
Aircraft time
74,113 hours, 12,308 cycles
Part
Tee Fitting
Condition
Leaking
Location
Main Hyd Nr 2
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE TAIL SECTION, JUST AFT OF APU INTAKE INSIDE DOUBLE DOOR ACCESS. AFTER SELECTING APU AIR ON, SMOKE BEGAN TO FILL THE COCKPIT. SELECTED APU AIR OFF AND THE SMOKE QUIT. IDENTIFIED THE LEAK COMING FORM SWEDGE TEE FITTING AT THE MAIN NR 2 HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE. ACCOMPLISHED A PERMANENT REPAIR IAW MM 29-10-01.

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