Service difficulty report · Pump · Piper PA31

Difficulty date
December 20, 2004
Submitted
March 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31
Aircraft time
6,925 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540A2C
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Pump
Part number
1213HBG310
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) TOOK OFF, ENROUTE, AIRCRAFT WAS ON A BASE RELOCATION FLIGHT. PILOT HAD GEAR IN-TRANSIT LIGHT FOR LONGER THAN NORMAL AFTER GEAR WAS SELECTED UP. RE-SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED 3 GREEN. RE-SELECTED GEAR UP AND STILL HAD IN-TRANSIT LIGHT. CONTINUED WITH GEAR HANDLE SELECTED UP AND IN-TRANSIT LIGHT ON. AC LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, MAINT DISCOVERED HYDRAULIC OIL UNDER COWL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A CRACKED RT HYDRAULIC PUMP HOUSING. PUMP HAS BEEN CHANGED AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM INSPECTED, SERVICED AND OPERATED ON THE GROUND, NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. NOTE: HYDRAULIC PUMP REMOVED DID NOT HAVE A DATA PLATE ALTHOUGH RECORDS DID INDICATE THAT IT WAS A ZERO TIMED UNIT AT ENGINE CHANGE IN 1998.

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