Service difficulty report · Selector Valve · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
April 4, 2007
Submitted
May 1, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
13,646 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3A
Part
Selector Valve
Part number
25800
Part serial
467
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) VALVE WAS OVERHAULED BY VENDOR. AFTER OVERHAUL IT WAS INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER 2 HOURS OF OPERATION A LEAK DEVELOPED. THE VALVE WAS REMOVED AND DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD DISASSEMBLED. WHEN CHECKING THE IPC IT WAS NOTED THAT AT OVERHAUL, THE OVERHAUL FACILITY FAILED TO INSTALL 2 O-RINGS. THE O-RINGS WERE INSTALLED AND RE-ASSEMBLED, THE AIRCRAFT GEAR SWING CARRIED OUT SATISFACTORY (TC NR 20070409003)