# SDR 96ZZZX2965

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 29, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N26WP
- Make and model: Gulstm G1159
- Aircraft serial: 024
- System (JASC): [2910 · Hydraulic System, Main](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2910)
- Part: Solenoid Valve
- Condition: Seal Leak
- Location: Hydraulic System
- Part time: 339 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: K
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX2965

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT RETURNED FROM A FLIGHT AND WHILE UNLOADING BAGGAGE, A SKYDROL FLUID LEAK WAS NOTED NEAR BATTERY COMPARTMENT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED SEAL BLOWN OUT WHERE VALVE BODY AND SOLENOID MEET.  REPLACED VALVE ASSEMBLY.  SUBMITTER SUSPECTS PROBLEM OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THREAD BURR RESULTING IN IMPROPER OR INCOMPLETE ASSEMBLY LETTING O-RING SEAL TO BLOW OUTWARD.

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