Service difficulty report · Packing · Aerosp ATR72212A

Difficulty date
February 24, 2009
Submitted
February 26, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498AT
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212A
Aircraft serial
498
Aircraft time
19,164 hours, 22,778 cycles
Part
Packing
Part number
NAS16124
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Failed
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LEVEL AT 16,000 FT, BLUE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW LEVEL. GREEN SYSTEM PUMP HAD ALREADY BEEN MEL'D. TURNED BACK TO DFW AND ABOUT 10 MIN LATER GOT BLUE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW PRESS. DECLARED EMERGENCY. GOT BLUE SYSTEM BACK WHEN WE MANUALLY LOWERED GEAR (AUX PUMP). STOPPED ON RUNAWAY USING EMERGENCY BRAKE. FOUND LEAKING UNION AT FLAP VALVE BLOCK. REMOVED AND REPLACED PACKING AND WASHER BACK UP IAW ATR 72 JIC NR 27-54-71-RAI-10000-002. SERVICED HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR IAW ATR 72 JIC NR 12-12-29-SRV-10000-001. PERFORMED HYD CROSSFEED CONTROL TEST IAW ATR JIC 72 NR 29-21-00-OPT-10000. PERFORMED NORMAL EXTENSION AND RETRACTION FUNCTIONAL TEST OF LANDING GEAR IAW ATR 72 JIC NR 32-31-00-FUT-10000. TEST GOOD. NO LEAKS NOTICED.

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