What was found
30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM 3 PRESENTS HYDRAULIC SYS 3, LEVEL 1 ALERT, FOLLOWED BY QUANTITY LOW, FOLLOWED BY HYD SYSTEM 3 FAIL. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE.
- Difficulty date
- January 22, 2016
- Submitted
- January 26, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N986AR
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48426
- Aircraft time
- 76,728 hours, 12,312 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2910 · Hydraulic System, Main
- Part
- Motor
- Part number
- 418575
- Part serial
- MX310353C
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Hyd System
- Part time
- 682 hours, 201 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.