Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
September 16, 2021
Submitted
September 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N716XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500016
Aircraft time
7,750 hours, 5,307 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
S3128A0106000G
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Zone 700
Part time
7,750 hours, 5,307 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J, K
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

AFTER ROTATION AND CLIMBING OUT, THE PILOT FLYING COMMANDED GEAR UP. THE CREW NOTED THE GEAR DID NOT REACT AS NORMAL AND THE GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED. WHILE CONTINUING THE CLIMB A HYD A VOL LOW CAS MESSAGE HAD POSTED. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE FIELD. OUT OF PRECAUTION, THE CREW ELECTED TO UTILIZE THE EMERGENCY PNEUMATIC GEAR EXTENSION TO ENSURE THE GEAR WAS PROPERLY DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE APPROPRIATE CHECK LIST AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. ONCE ON THE GROUND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A HYDRAULIC LANDING GEAR RETURN LINE IN THE A SYSTEM HAD RUPTURED (P/N S3128A0106-000G).

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