Accident in Luton Airport

Mar 20th 2007 Luton Airport.

Mid size jet was parked infront of my aircraft after it has been placed at overnight parking bay. I was in impression that aircraft will be towed to taxiway and taxi out for takeoff however it is not, due to the jet blast from the engine start, the passanger step placed next to my aircraft was blown away and hit number 1 engines inlet lip.

Damaged assesment found it is out of Structural Repair Manual limit for normal flight, measurement taken and forwarded to Boeing for evaluation. Boeing granted approval for 1 ferry flight and 1 revenue flight.

Depart next day to Agadir as ferry, night stop for 8 hrs and head back to Riyadh next day as revenue flight.

Lucky it was only a dent, if it a puncture, for sure i have to stay in Luton at least for 1 week. Nice place to stay but with very temperature almost 0 deg Celcius, back home is much better.

Hydraulic Pressure Module Leakage

I was in Kuwait for 2 days trip, after landed and parked infront of VIP terminal in Kuwait Airport, i've noticed hydraulic fluid accumulated below system B hydraulic pressure module, from my observation i suspect it is from System B Hydraulic Electrical Pump pressure transmitter however it cannot be confirmed even with pump turned on , I've cleaned the area and wipe it dry, ready to be verified on next flight.

The next day after flight back to base, confirmed the leakage was from the transmitter base, as per IPC (Illustrated part catalog) there is a seal inbetween. Ordered and replaced the seal, ground check no leak as well on subsequent flight... problem solved...

Landing Gear Shock Strut Leakage.

During all this years i'm working on B737 NG, leakage on the main and nose landing gear strut is common on all aircrafts that i've worked with either Mastar or on current fleet.






I'm sure if someone unfamiliar with this situation will thinked that the this landing gear is having a problem of leakage however it is not.






As per Boeing Maintenance Tip document, this is because of new design on new 737 landing gear, thin layer of oil presence everytime the shock strut extended and this layer plus dirts that have sticked to it has been push down by a scraper seal as the shock strut compressed.


A follow-up maintenance action have to be carry-out after few hundred hours of aircraft operation, this is to ensure sufficient amount of fluid remain in the shock strut itself.