SDR 97ZZZX1648

Service difficulty report · Motor · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
March 27, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N67SF
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500045
Part
Motor
Part number
591224
Condition
Leakage
Location
Hyd Fan Assy
Component
725652B
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ACFT PARKING BRAKE WAS SET AND BOTH ENGINES WERE STARTED, ACFT STARTED DRIFTING FWD. THE PILOT RESET PARKING BRAKE, THEN NOTICED BOTH HYD FLUID LEVEL AND HYD PRESSURE GAUGES FALLING RAPIDLY. ENG WERE SHUT DOWN IMMEIDATELY. HYD FLUID WAS FOUND RUNNING DOWN THE RT SIDE AND OUT OF THE BELLY DRAINS OF THE FUSELAGE. THE LOCATION OF LEAK WAS FOUND TO BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT RAM AIR HYD FAN. THE FAN ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AND SYSTEM BLED. JUST PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE, PILOTS HAD NOTICED A SLIGHTLY MORE THAN NORMAL PRESSURE DROP WHEN THE FAN WAS RUNNING AND THE ENGINES WERE AT IDLE. THE FAN IS ONLY RUNNING WITH THE AIRCRAFT IS ON THE GROUND AND THE ECU'S ARE TURNED ON.

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