Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
September 11, 2019
Submitted
September 14, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N889TA
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft serial
5250823
Aircraft time
1,055 hours, 748 cycles
Part
Hydraulic Line
Part number
AE366316HO152
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Zone 400
Part time
1,054 hours, 748 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KMOT, I COMPLETED THE AFTER TAKEOFF CHECKS AND WAS GIVEN A DIRECT COURSE TO MY FIRST WAYPOINT ON MY FLIGHT PLAN TO KBJC BY ATC. AFTER TURNING ON COURSE AND CLIMBING FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES, I NOTICED THE HYD LOW FLOW R & L WARNING CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. I GOT OUT THE EMERGENCY/ABNORMAL CHECKLIST AND FOUND THAT IT INDICATED A TOTAL HYDRAULIC FAILURE, POSSIBLY BOTH PUMPS. I LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT AND SLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO TEST IF ANY OF THE HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED EQUIPMENT WAS FUNCTIONAL AND FOUND THAT ALL WERE INOPERATIVE. (FLAPS, SPEED BRAKES, AND LANDING GEAR). I INFORMED KMOT APPROACH CONTROL THAT I HAD A TOTAL HYDRAULICS SYSTEMS FAILURE AND WOULD BE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. I THEN FOLLOWED AND EXECUTED THE ITEMS FOR A HYDRAULIC FAILURE ON THE CHECKLIST INCLUDING AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND SPEEDS AND PROCEDURES FOR A NO FLAP LANDING BACK AT KMOT. I INFORMED ATC THAT I WANTED TO PERFORMED AN ILS APPROACH TO THE LONGEST RUNWAY WHICH WAS RUNWAY 31AND RECEIVED VECTORS FOR THE APPROACH AND LANDING AT KMOT. THE APPROACH AND LANDING OCCURRED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES. *(AS REPORTED)

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