Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 7372B7

Difficulty date
November 30, 2000
Submitted
January 10, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N269AU
Make and model
Boeing 7372B7
Aircraft serial
22881
Part
Indicator
Part number
B7113
Condition
Faulty
Location
Hyd System
Part time
40,257 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 2700 - EN ROUTE FROM BWI-MSY, THE CREW OBSERVED HYDRAULIC QTY DECREASING BELOW 1.8 GALLON VALUE IN FLIGHT. DURING INITIAL CONFIGURATION, QUANTITY WAS OBSERVED BELOW 1.4 GALLON VALUE. INITIAL QUANTITY LEAVING BWI WAS AT 3.2 GALLONS ON INDICATOR. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO CLT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE COCKPIT HYDRAULIC QTY INDICATOR. SERVICED HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR. RESERVOIR QTY AND COCKPIT HYDRAULIC QTY INDICATOR NOW READ ACCURATELY. ALSO, CHECKED HYDRAULIC QTY TRANSMITTER CONNECTOR. CHECKS GOOD. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS AND CHECKED FOR LEAKS. NO LEAKS NOTED. (M)

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