Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
September 22, 2012
Submitted
September 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N950AR
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48461
Aircraft time
69,066 hours, 15,766 cycles
Part
Hydraulic Line
Condition
Broken
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

HYD NR 3 FAIL DURING CRUISE, FL380 20 MIN FROM SVMI. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIRFIELD, LANDING NORMAL. MX FOUND PIPE ASSY BROKEN, TO HORIZONTAL STAB TRIM MOTOR NR 1. REMOVED AND REPLACED HYD LINE IAW 27-43-04. PERFORMED SYSTEM TEST AND FUNCTIONAL TEST OF HORIZ STAB HYD OP'S AND TRIM IAW 27-40-00. NO LEAKS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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