Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Boeing 767205

Difficulty date
December 9, 2006
Submitted
December 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N260MY
Make and model
Boeing 767205
Aircraft serial
23057
Aircraft time
72,073 hours, 18,913 cycles
Part
Check Valve
Part number
233145
Part serial
226
Condition
Blocked
Location
Left Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

INBOUND TO JFK, LEFT HYD PRIMARY PUMP EICAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE LEFT ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS REPLACED AND METAL WAS FOUND IN THE SYSTEM, PER 767 MM 29-11-00. THE SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED TWICE WITH THE CASE DRAIN AND PRESSURE FILTERS REPLACED TWICE, OPS CHECK OK. TWENTY MINUTES INTO DEPARTURE ION REPOSITIONING FLIGHT THE LEFT HYDRAULIC PRIMARY PUMP EICAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AND THE CREW RETURNED TO JFK. MAINTENANCE AGAIN REPLACED A DEFECTIVE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP AND THE EDP CHECK VALVE STUCK CLOSED BY A DISLODGED O-RING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CHECK VALVE, ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP AND FLUSHED THE SYSTEM TWICE, CHANGING THE PRESSURE AND CASE DRAIN CHECK VALVES TWICE PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 29-11-00. AS A