Service difficulty report · Metering Unit · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
August 29, 2014
Submitted
September 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N620DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22910
Aircraft time
78,430 hours, 39,532 cycles
Part
Metering Unit
Part number
705073
Part serial
169
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Brake
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING THE TAKE OFF, BEFORE COMPLETE RETRACTION OF THE FLAPS, EICAS MESSAGE DISPLAYED "L HYD PRESSURE" FOLLOWED BY FURTHER MESSAGES INDICATING A LEFT HYDRAULIC SYS PRESS. UPON EVALUATION OF SYSTEM FAULT WAS ISOLATED TO A SEPERATION OF AUTOBRAKE ACTUATOR FROM BRAKE METERING VALVE ASSY. IAW AMM 32-41-03/401 BRAKE METERING VALVE ASSY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPS CHECKED SATISFACTORY.