Service difficulty report · Line · Boeing 7372L9

Difficulty date
January 25, 2010
Submitted
January 29, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N465AT
Make and model
Boeing 7372L9
Aircraft serial
21528
Aircraft time
52,868 hours, 41,915 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

STARTING DECENT, CALLED FOR FLAPS ONE, WITHIN 1 MINUTE THE HYD MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED. BOTH "A" HYD PUMPS INDICATED LOW PRESSURE. "A" PRESSURE SHOWED ZERO, "A" SYS QTY SHOWED ZERO. APPROACH WAS ABORTED AND ACFT CLIMBED INTO HOLD. WHILE HOLDING, LOSS OF SYS A CHECKLIST WAS CONDUCTED. A DECISION WAS MADE TO PROCEED FOR SAFETY. WITH PARTIAL DEPLOYMENT OF FLAPS, AIRSPEED WAS RESTRICTED AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED TO DESTINATION REQUESTING A FIRE TRUCK, TUG AND TOWBAR. GAVE RADAR VECTORS TO RUNWAY 08, CONDITIONS WERE VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS. DECENT, APPROACH AND LANDING WERE WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT WAS STOPPED, ENGINES SHUTDOWN, AND FIRETRUCKS INFORMED US FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE FWD PART OF THE LT WING. THE FLUID WAS HYD FLUID. ONCE THE LEAK STOPPED, THE ACFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP.

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