Service difficulty report · Reservoir · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
March 22, 2015
Submitted
March 23, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442XJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B442
Aircraft time
32,093 hours, 35,898 cycles
Part
Reservoir
Part number
708413
Part serial
0016
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

NO 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, WAS ABLE TO GET GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED WITH ALL 3 GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. HYDRAULIC LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. EMERGENCY DECLARED AND QRH COMPLETED. R & R AUXILIARY RESERVOIR, OPS CHECK UNSATISFACTORY. R AND R LANDING GEAR SYS MANIFOLD OPS CHECK UNSATISFACTORY. R & R CHARGING MANIFOLD OTBD BRAKE ACCUMULATOR, OPS CHECK UNSATISFACTORY. R & R SELECTOR VALVE. OPS CHECK UNSATISFACTORY. SWAPPED MAIN AND EMERGENCY ACCUMULATORS, FAULT DID NOT FOLLOW, RETURNED ACCUMULATORS TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS, OPS CHECK UNSATISFACTORY. BLED SYS MULTIPLE TIMES, SUSPECT THE ACCUMULATOR MANIFOLD IS BAD, PART ON ORDER.

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