Service difficulty report · Accumulator · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
March 25, 2009
Submitted
May 13, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft time
13,659 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33111U
Propeller
Mcauly 4HFR34C652
Part
Accumulator
Part number
223002
Condition
Fractured
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT DEPARTED AND WHILE IN CLIMB WHEN FLAPS WERE SELECTED UP A LOUD "POP" WAS HEARD AND THEN ALL HYDR PRESSURE WAS LOST AND BOTH LT/RT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. ACFT TURNED AROUND, CARRIED OUT AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INVESTIGATED PROBLEM AND FOUND THE TOP OF THE ACCUMULATOR HAD COMPLETED RUPTURED AND SEPARATED FROM MAIN UNIT. THE PISTON HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE MAIN BODY AND THE AFT MOUNTING BOLT/NUT PLATE HAD PULLED THROUGH THE KEELSON WEB. SEVERAL LINES HAD BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO THE FORCE THAT THE TOP OF THE ACCUMULATOR AND PISTON DEPARTING THE BODY. ALL ITEMS REPAIRED, ACCUMULATOR REPLACED. BOTH ENGINE PUMPS REPLACED AND HYDR FILTER REPLACED. GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT AND ACFT RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE. "O" RING ON TOP OF THE POWER PACK WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO SEEPING OF FLUID.