Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
April 21, 2006
Submitted
April 24, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N867UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
45967
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMB-OUT OF BALTIMORE, APPROX 2 MIN INTO FLIGHT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE HYD QTY APPROX 2 "MARKS" BELOW "AUX" RAN QRH FOR LOSS OF HYD FLUID/QTY, FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES, LANDED NORMALLY IN SDF. HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR SIGHT GOUGE SHOWS RESERVOIR FULL, INDICATION PROBLEM. TRIED ANOTHER HYD QTY INDICATOR. (NO HELP) REINSTALLED ORIGINAL INDICATOR. WIRING CK GOOD BETWEEN INDICATOR AND TRANSMITTER. SUSPECT TRANSMITTER. OPENED PANEL AND PULLED CHIP DET. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN HYD TRANS AND OPS AND LEAK CKS GOOD PER MM 29-30-01-2.

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