SDR 2022F00146

Service difficulty report · None · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
March 19, 2022
Submitted
March 22, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N77VG
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft serial
5250344
Aircraft time
5,030 hours, 4,282 cycles
Part
None
Condition
None
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE ON CLIMB OUT FROM KGSO, THE "HYDRAULIC PRESSURE" (WHITE) LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WE CLIMBED TO ALTITUDE, AND PER THE CHECKLIST, CYCLED THE LAST USED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM (FLAPS). THE LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. PER THE CHECKLIST WE THEN PULLED THE FOUR (4) CIRCUIT BREAKERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. WHILE CONDUCTING THIS PORTION OF THE CHECKLIST, ALL LANDING GEAR DEPLOYED IN FLIGHT AND THE "LOW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE/ANTI-SKID" CAUTION (YELLOW) LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PUSHED BACK IN, THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND STOWED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN PLACE CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO UNLOCK AND BANG AGAINST THE NOSE GEAR DOORS ILLUMINATING THE "GEAR UNLOCKED" WARNING (RED) LIGHT. THE "LOW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE/ANTI-SKID" LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. WE IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED A RETURN TO KGSO. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR US. WE PERFORMED A LOW APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT ALL LANDING GEAR HAD DEPLOYED. BOTH THE TOWER AND EMERGENCY UNITS CONFIRMED THAT ALL GEAR WERE DEPLOYED.

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