Service difficulty report · Clamp · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 24, 2015
Submitted
June 26, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N402NV
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49763
Aircraft time
64,909 hours, 41,939 cycles
Part
Clamp
Condition
Defective
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

TAIL COMPARTMENT HIGH ON CLIMB OUT. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURE 21.4 RETURNED TO FIELD. REF LOG PAGE 553713 FOR TROUBLESHOOTING & WORK ORDER 260063. FOUND LEAK FROM AFT APU LOAD CONTROL VLV. R & R CLAMP IAW AMM 20-10-11. OPERATIONS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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