SDR 5APR577Y46

Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
November 13, 2010
Submitted
November 22, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
5APR577Y
Atlas Aircraft Center Inc
Aircraft
N669AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
669
Aircraft time
3,710 hours, 3,533 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Engine time
3,512 hours, 3,347 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
9738114304
Part serial
0866T
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
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

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. WHEN THE CONTROL HANDLE WAS PLACED BACK TO THE DOWN POSITION BOTH MLG LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT THE NLG DIDN’T AND THE HYD HAND PUMP HAD TO BE USED TO LOCK THE NLG DOWN. PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED BY MX. THE HYD POWER FAULT ISOLATION PROCEDURE IAW THE PC-12 MM, 12-29-00-00-00A-420A-A WAS COMPLETED WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED OVER 15 TIMES WITH NO FAULTS NOTED. THE HYD SYS ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE WAS 100 PSI LOW AND WAS SERVICED. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF HYD FLUID ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HYD SYS LOW PRESSURE SWITCH WHICH WAS REPLACED. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE WITHOUT SIMILAR CONSEQUENCE, AND SINCE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED AS THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. AS A PRECAUTION THE FOLLOWING 2 COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED.