Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
October 26, 2009
Submitted
October 27, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N758XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
0258
Aircraft time
3,175 hours, 1,658 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Leaking
Location
Transducer
Component
Transducer
Component part number
99145242
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

WHILE IN CRUISE, FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED AN AMBER "HYD VOLUME LOW A" EICAS MESSAGE ENROUTE TO DESTINATION. HYD INDICATION SHOWED 14 PERCENT AND DECREASING. CREW UTILIZED THE CHECKLIST AND UNLOADED THE A SYS HYD PUMP AND PULLED THE PTU CIRCUIT BREAKER. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYS WAS USED TO EXTENT THE GEAR ON APPROACH. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS PERFORMED. TECH WAS DISPATCHED TO INSPECT AND REPAIR THE ACFT. UPON FURTHER INSP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AUXILIARY HYD PRESSURE TRANSDUCER WAS LEAKING FROM THE O-RING SEAL. THE O-RING SEAL WAS REPLACED AND THE HYD SYS BLED. OPS CHECKS WERE NORMAL. THE ACFT WAS FERRIED TO MX FACILITY TO SERVICE THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYS.

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