Service difficulty report · Sequence Valve · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
December 12, 2006
Submitted
January 19, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
32,254 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Sequence Valve
Part number
54C546349
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
9
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) UPON RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR THE CREW HEARD A STRANGE NOISE FOLLOWED BY HYDRAULIC FLUID QUANTITY LOSS IN THE NR 2 SYSTEM. THE CREW CARRIED OUT THE APPLICABLE PROCEDURES TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND. THE CREW FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO BURN OFF FUEL AND TRY TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND COMPLETED A NOSE GEAR RETRACTED LANDING ON A SNOW PACKED RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR AND RADOME AREAS. UPON INITIAL INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LT MLG DOOR SEQUENCING SOLENOID VALVE WAS RUPTURED CAUSING THE LOSS OF THE NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID. IT IS