Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 21, 2010
Submitted
December 28, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26697
Aircraft time
58,861 hours, 20,914 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Transmitter
Part number
019012001
Part serial
2836
Condition
Faulty
Location
Hyd Reservior
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOST LT HYD SYS QTY, FLIGHT DIVERTED. RAN BOTH ENGINES, OPERATED THRUST REVERSER, CYCLED ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS. OPENED GEAR DOORS, PINNED GEARS AND CYCLED LANDING GEAR HANDLE. NO ACTIVE LEAKS NOTED. AT INITIAL SERVICE NOTED ERRATIC QTY INDICATIONS. DRAINED RESERVIOR AND RESERVICED. SUSPECT RESERVIOR QTY TRANSMITTER. REPLACED TRANSMITTER.