Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 8, 2011
Submitted
September 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N547UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25368
Aircraft time
73,680 hours, 21,485 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Check Valve
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

HYD LEAK IN RIGHT WING ROOT COMING FROM RETURN LINE CHECK VALVE. LEAKING ONE DROP EVERY EIGHT SECS, BECAME STEADY STREAM WHEN B-NUT WAS TIGHTENED. CHECK VALVE REMOVED. REPLACEMENT WOULD NOT THREAD ONTO O/B LINE WITHOUT SEVERELY BINDING. OLD VALVE & MS CAP GOES ON EASILY BY HAND. AOG'D 2 MORE VALVES WHICH ARE NOW PLANESIDE. ALSO, I/B LINE CLAMP BLOCK HAS ITS 3 MOUNTING BOLTS LOOSENED TO FACILITATE. REPLACED CHECK VALVE AND REINSTALLED CLAMP BLOCK.