SDR 2010F00241

Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
November 14, 2010
Submitted
November 22, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N970NA
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
226
Aircraft time
7,656 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A66
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
9738114304
Part serial
1466T
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Part time
7,656 hours
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ABOUT 25 MILES OUT, ENROUTE, MEDICAL CREW INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD HEARD A LOUD SOUND FOLLOWED BY A "THUD" THAT THEY FELT UNDERNEATH THE LT SIDE OF THE ACFT. DID NOT HEAR OF FEEL OR HEAR WHAT THEY HAD JUST EXPERIENCED, ASKED THEM TO SHOW SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE ABNORMAL NOISE WAS COMING FROM. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AROUND THE LT MLG. TURNED THE ACFT BACK TOWARDS THE NEAREST AIRPORT, NOTIFIED THE COMMUNICATIONS CTR AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.