Service difficulty report · Hydraulic System · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
December 17, 2015
Submitted
December 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N348AG
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B448
Aircraft time
33,176 hours, 37,016 cycles
Part
Hydraulic System
Condition
Pressure Loss
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

MAIN ACCESSORY LOSES PRESSURE QUICKLY, ONE TIME A MINUTE WHILE TAXING AND HOLDING SHORT. TAXIED ACFT AND PERFORMED TEST OF MAIN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM NO DEFECTS NOTED PRESSURE HOLDS UNTIL TILLER OR BRAKES ACTUATED.

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