Service difficulty report · Sight Tube · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
January 9, 2025
Submitted
January 25, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N818AN
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0501
Aircraft time
38,738 hours, 39,045 cycles
Part
Sight Tube
Part number
511700712
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT WRITE-UP REF: LP 10164, "LANDING GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT (RED) AND HYD PRESS LIGHT ON. THICK SMOKE IN CABIN SMELLED LIKE HYD FLUID." PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURN TO BFI SAFELY. UPON EXAMINATION FOUND PN: 5117007-12 (TUBE-SIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM) SURFACE CONTACTING HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR DETERIORATED AND LEAKING. CONCLUSION IS THAT DUE TO TUBE FAILURE ALL CONTENTS OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LEAKED OUT RESULTING IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE. DUE TO SYSTEM RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES BOTH PUMPS SHOWED SIGNS OF FAILURE AND WILL REQUIRE OVERHAUL. BOTH LH AND RH HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FILTERS WILL BE REPLACED AND COMPLETE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUSH WILL NEED TO BE PERFORMED.

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