Service difficulty report · Actuator · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
December 13, 2004
Submitted
December 29, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N528GA
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1528
Aircraft time
44 hours, 20 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
1159H4002811
Part serial
43146
Condition
Bypassing
Location
Hyd System
Part time
44 hours, 20 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

JUST BEFORE DESCENT, CREW GOT A 3 BONG ANNUNCIATION "LOW COMBINED FLUID". ON HYDRAULICS SYNOPTIC PAGE, CREW NOTICED FLUID MIGRATION FROM COMBINED SIDE TO FLIGHT SIDE, WITH "COMBINED" SYSTEM LOW AND "FLIGHT" SYSTEM HIGH. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING TOOK PLACE, UPON SHUTDOWN, "FLIGHT" SYSTEM DUMPED FLUID OVERBOARD. INVESTIGATION TURNED UP NOTHING AND NUMEROUS CHECKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO MIGRATION NOTED. AIRCRAFT THEN FLEW BACK TO MANUFACTURER AND FLUID MIGRATION WAS NOTED AGAIN. MANUFACTURER FOUND THE 'ELEVATOR SERVO' ACTUATOR WAS BYPASSING INTERNALLY, AS WAS THE RT 'GROUND SPOILER' ACTUATOR AND 'FLIGHT POWER SHUTOFF VALVE' ALSO. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ANOMALIES.