SDR 111004

Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 501

Difficulty date
November 9, 2004
Submitted
November 11, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501AT
Make and model
Cessna 501
Aircraft serial
5010017
Aircraft time
6,100 hours, 4,371 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
AE366316360320
Condition
Broken
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MRY AND WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED "RETRACT", THE HYDRAULIC LOW PRESS AND QUANTITY ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED TO MRY AND SELECTED THE GEAR "DOWN" AND HAD TO "BLOW" THE GEAR DOWN AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRESSURE LINE OFF THE HYDRAULIC PUMP ON THE LEFT ENGINE HAD RUPTURED AND PUMPED THE HYDRAULIC FLUID OVERBOARD.

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