SDR 2024F00165

Service difficulty report · Pump · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
July 4, 2024
Submitted
July 8, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N68SL
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800264
Aircraft time
5,320 hours, 3,093 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW306C
Engine time
5,278 hours, 3,069 cycles
Part
Pump
Part number
5117102
Part serial
KO348
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Zone 400
Part time
5,320 hours, 3,093 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
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

THE AIRCRAFT AND CREW WERE APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES FROM LANDING AT TJSJ. AT THAT TIME AN AMBER CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED FOR HYDRALIC VOLUME LOW. THE CREW COMPLETED THE APPROPRIATE SECTION OF THE QRH AND PROCEEDED TO TJSJ, DECLARED A PRECAUTIONARY EMERGENCY, BLEW THE GEAR DOWN, LANDED AND STOPPED AIR CRAFT UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM. THE CREW CALLED THE FBO GROUND CREW TO MEET THEM AT THE RUNWAY, AND TOW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE FBO. EVERYTHING WAS DONE PER TEXT BOOK, AND NO FURTHER ACTION FROM THE CREW WAS NEEDED.