SDR AWKA756211

Service difficulty report · Fitting · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
February 9, 2009
Submitted
February 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N756XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500256
Aircraft time
2,834 hours, 1,536 cycles
Part
Fitting
Condition
Undertorqued
Location
Hydraulic Line
Part time
2,834 hours, 1,536 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CRUISE FLT EN ROUTE, CREW RECEIVED AN AMBER HYD VOLUME - A LOW WARNING MESSAGE, VOLUME OF HYD FLUID INDICATED 17 PERCENT WITH NO LOSS OF PRESSURE. FLT CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO DEN. AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. ACFT LANDED AT DEN WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES & A SYS HYD QTY INDICATING 3 PERCENT WITH NO PRESSURE LOSS. MX DISCOVERED SYS A RUDDER HYD PRESSURE LINE FITTING O-RING TO LOWER RUDDER, LOWER POWER CONTROL UNIT PINCHED CAUSING LEAK. MX REPLACED PINCHED O-RING & PERFORMED AN OPS LEAK CHECK OF SYS. LEAK CHECKS SATISFACTORY, NO LEAKS NOTED & ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED IF THE TORQUE ON FITTINGS DUE TO IMPROPER TORQUE APPLIED TO FITTINGS WORKED LOOSE DUE TO NORMAL OPS CONDITIONS.

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