Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
October 19, 2006
Submitted
October 20, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N750RA
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
117
Part
Tee Fitting
Part number
AN78310D
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bulkhead
Part time
146,903 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION THE PILOT NOTICED SMALL AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC FLUID SEEPING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RADOME. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM A BULKHEAD TEE IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DUMP VALVE LINE. THE LEAK WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE PACKING BETWEEN THE TEE AND A REDUCER INSTALLED IN THE FEMALE PORT OF THE TEE. THE PACKING WAS RENEWED AND THE SYSTEM WAS LAEK CHECKED. THE LEAK PERSISTED,THE TEE FITTING WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED. A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE INNER BORE OF THE FEMALE PORT OF THE FITTING AT THE MOLD LINE OF THE FITTING. THE CRACK WAS NOT VISIBLE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE TEE. THE TEE WAS REPLACED.THE SYSTEM WAS LEAKED CHECKED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS