Service difficulty report · Hydraulic System · Beech 99

Difficulty date
January 24, 2013
Submitted
January 29, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N194WA
Make and model
Beech 99
Aircraft serial
U64
Aircraft time
40,999 hours, 66,176 cycles
Part
Hydraulic System
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MHT PILOT TRIED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. PILOT TRIED TO RETRACT ONE ADDITIONAL TIME AND CB POPPED. CB WAS RESET AND GEAR EXTENDED WITH THREE GREEN INDICATIONS. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MHT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEM AND FOUND WATER IN HYDRAULIC FLUID. HYDRAULIC POWER PACK, AND ALL THREE LANDING GEAR ACTUATORS WERE REPLACED. HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS FOUND TO HAVE ICE IN IT ALONG WITH A CRACKED BOTTOM. RESERVOIR WAS REPLACED. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS PURGED AND THEN SERVICED WITH NEW CLEAN FLUID. SYSTEM WAS TESTED AND RIGGING CHECKED PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR P/N: 99-580073-1; LEFT MAIN ACTUATOR P/N: 99-388008-1; RIGHT MAIN ACTUATOR P/N: 99-388008-1; NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR P/N: 99-388000-1.

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