SDR 99ZZZX596

Service difficulty report · Filter · Cessna 441

Difficulty date
July 20, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N441AG
Make and model
Cessna 441
Aircraft serial
4410327
Part
Filter
Part number
AN62342
Condition
Failed
Location
Hydraulic System
Part time
3,280 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

SHORTY AFTER TAKEOFF, AFTER THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE RETRACTED, THE RT HYDRAULIC LOW FLOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE LEFT HYDRAULIC LOW FLOW LIGHT ILLUMINATING. HYD FLUID WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE RT ENGINE COWLING. THE LANDING GEAR WAS BLOWN DOWN AND A SAFE LANDING MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. A POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THE RT HAND HYD FILTER BOWL WAS SPLIT ABOUT 1/2 OF ITS CIRCUMFERENCE BETWEEN THE THREADS. POSSIBLE CAUSES COULD BE A CASTING FLAW OR OVERTIGHTENING OF THE FILTER BOWL. RECOMMEND REPLACING THE PUROLATOR FILTER ASSY WITH THE FAUCET ASSY (SAME PART NUMBER).

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