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Airport surface damaged after a widebody transport air carrier aircraft lost hydraulic fluid during taxi for takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 238557 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199304 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bos |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 238557 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Approaching hold short line for runway 4R, aircraft experienced a total loss of #3 hydraulic system fluid. Boston tower was told that aircraft had to return to gate, but no reason was given. Found out several days later that the hydraulic fluid lost near runway 4R hold short line had damaged taxiway surface. If we had notified tower of our fluid loss, airport operations would have taken steps to remove fluid from taxiway, thereby minimizing damage to taxiway surface.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ARPT SURFACE DAMAGED AFTER A WDB ACR ACFT LOST HYD FLUID DURING TAXI FOR TKOF.
Narrative: APCHING HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 4R, ACFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF #3 HYD SYS FLUID. BOSTON TWR WAS TOLD THAT ACFT HAD TO RETURN TO GATE, BUT NO REASON WAS GIVEN. FOUND OUT SEVERAL DAYS LATER THAT THE HYD FLUID LOST NEAR RWY 4R HOLD SHORT LINE HAD DAMAGED TXWY SURFACE. IF WE HAD NOTIFIED TWR OF OUR FLUID LOSS, ARPT OPS WOULD HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO REMOVE FLUID FROM TXWY, THEREBY MINIMIZING DAMAGE TO TXWY SURFACE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.