Service difficulty report · Hose · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
September 26, 2017
Submitted
December 14, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N680G
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800280
Aircraft time
3,531 hours, 3,057 cycles
Part
Hose
Part number
AE1011889G0165
Condition
Burst
Location
Hyd System
Part time
3,531 hours, 3,057 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

UPON LANDING GEAR RETRACTION ON DEPARTURE THE CREW NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE ECAS MESSAGE APPEARED ALONG WITH HYDRAULIC VOLUME LOW MESSAGE. PER THE CHECKLIST THE HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE BOTH UNLOADED AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HANDLE. UPON A SUCCESSFUL LANDING THE MAINTENANCE CREW OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING CENTERING HOSE HAD RUPTURED ALLOWING THE FLUID TO ESCAPE.