Service difficulty report · Line · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 17, 2010
Submitted
April 19, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N547UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25368
Aircraft time
68,785 hours, 20,040 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
NR
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

CTR HYD QTY LIGHT AND EICAS ILLUMINATED. CTR HYD FLUID IS LOW. FLUID LEAKING FROM PINHOLE LEAK ON ONE OF THE SUPPLY LINES ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL VALVES ON THE ELEVATOR TORQUE BOX. LEAK WILL FUMIGATE TAIL AREA WITH JUST PRESSURE ON CTR HYD SYS. WITH NO MOVEMENT OF ELEVATOR. DID NOT DETERMINE YET WHICH LINE IS LEAKING. FOUND LINE. MFG NEW LINE AND PRESSURE TESTED. FOUND QTY NORMAL. NO QTY LIGHTS OR EICAS MESSAGE. ACCOMPLISHED EXTERNAL VISUAL CHK AND FOUND NO ACTIVE LEAK, CTR HYD RESERVOIR IS FULL. SUSPECT BAD EICAS INDICATION TRANSMITTER. COMPLIED WITH MEL CARD. SVC'D CTR HYD SYS TO FULL. LEAK CKD TAIL AREA, GEAR AREA. FOUND LT MLG DOOR ACTUATOR SEEPING. NO RUNNING LEAKS WERE NOTED.