Service difficulty report · Line · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
April 4, 2018
Submitted
April 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N345HC
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK421
Aircraft time
5,985 hours, 4,951 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Chafed
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

DURING PREFLIGHT CHECKS, HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS DISCOVERED IN THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, A HYDRAULIC LINE IN A GROUPING OF FOUR LINES WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED ON THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE, ROUGHLY AN INCH FROM THE B-NUT FITTING. SPI-WRAP WAS IN PLACE ON ALL THE HYDRAULIC LINES IN THIS AREA, BUT THE SPI-WRAP FOR THE HYDRAULIC LINE IN QUESTION WAS OUT OF POSITION CAUSING THE LINE TO CHAFE ON A GEAR WELL BRACKET. THE SUSPECT AREA CAN BE VIEWED THRU THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL BY OPENING THE INBD GEAR DOOR AND VIEWING AFT AND OUTBOARD.

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