Service difficulty report · Housing · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
June 7, 2009
Submitted
August 3, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
41,193 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Housing
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg Actuator
Component
Actuator · Messier
Component part number
10500103
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) NR 2 HYD SYS QUANTITY WAS NOTED AS BEING LOW ON FLUID. VISUAL INDICATIONS SHOWED A HYD LEAK AT RT MAIN GEAR AND WHEEL WELL AREA. A DETAILED INSP FOUND THAT LEAK WAS CAUSED BY RT MAIN GEAR RETRACTION ACTUATOR. ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. ONCE REMOVED, A FURTHER INSP OF THE ACTUATOR FOUND THAT THE ACTUATOR HSG ASSY WAS CRACKED IN MAIN BODY OF HSG, ALONG LENGTH OF THE ACTUATOR. CRACK COULD VISUALLY BEEN SEEN IN THE HSG.