Service difficulty report · Accumulator · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
August 16, 2013
Submitted
September 4, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N62MF
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
017
Aircraft time
7,550 hours, 4,610 cycles
Part
Accumulator
Part number
609671
Part serial
EFS1971
Condition
Leaking
Location
Thrust Reversers
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING THE PREFLIGHT CHECKS, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LT THRUST REVERSER ACCUMULATOR LOST THE PRE-CHARGE. TROUBLESHOOTING IDENTIFIED THE LT THRUST REVERSER ACCUMULATOR AS DEFECTIVE. THE UNIT WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. PN 60967-1, OFF SN EFS1971.