Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
January 31, 2020
Submitted
February 6, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N327T
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
0227
Aircraft time
5,216 hours, 4,243 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
S26966N
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

ON JANUARY 31, 2020, WE WERE ENROUTE WITH N327TX FROM WICHITA KANSAS, (ICT) TO VENICE FLORIDA, (VNC) CARRYING 6 PASSENGERS. CONDITIONS WERE: LIGHT WINDS, VMC, DAYTIME. APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES NORTH OF OUR DESTINATION, WHILE DESCENDING TO 4000 MSL, WE HAD RECEIVED AN "AFT BAGGAGE SMOKE" ANNUNCIATOR. I IMMEDIATELY RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST FOR THIS MASTER WARNING CONDITION. THE CHECKLIST CALLED FOR, "LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE". WE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND QUERIED ATC FOR THE CLOSEST SUITABLE RUNWAY. WE KNEW SARASOTA, (SRQ) WAS IMMEDIATELY ABEAM OUR POSITION AT APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES.GREG FULLER (CAPT) CESSNA MOBILE SERVICE UNIT WAS CALLED OUT AND FOUND THAT A HYDRAULIC FITTING ABOVE THE AFT BAG PIT CEILING PANEL HAD DEVELOPED A SLIGHT LEAK AND WAS ATOMIZING FLUID THAT CAUSED THE SMOKE DETECTOR TO ACTIVATE. AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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