Service difficulty report · Line · Piper PA42720

Difficulty date
August 9, 2000
Submitted
August 11, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N31GA
Make and model
Piper PA42720
Aircraft serial
425501009
Aircraft time
4,629 hours
Part
Line
Condition
Leaking
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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.

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT PROPERLY RETRACT AND RED FLUID WAS SEEN EXITING RT ENGINE/WING AREA. CREW RETURNED TO BASE. HYD LEAK FOUND UNDER THE ENGINE NACELLE TO WING ROOT FAIRING. CAUSED BY AN EXCESSIVELY LONG FAIRING SCREW WHICH HAD CHAFED AND PENETRATED THE ALUMINUM HYDRAULIC LINE. A NEW LINE WAS FABRICATED, PRESSURE TESTED, INSTALLED, AND OPERATIONALLY TESTED. LINE WAS REROUTED SLIGHTLY AND CORRECT PANEL SCREWS INSTALLED. AS A PRECAUTION, INSPECTED THE LINES IN THE LEFT WING ROOT AND FOUND TWO CHAFED HYDRAULIC LINES WHICH WERE REPLACED. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDED INBOARD WING LEADING EDGE BE REMOVED PERIODICALLY TO INSPECT THE INSTALLATION OF ALL HYDRAULIC, DEICE, AND ELETRICA.

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