Service difficulty report · Line · Gulstm 680FLP

Difficulty date
September 2, 2009
Submitted
December 1, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Gulstm 680FLP
Aircraft time
12,389 hours
Engine
Lyc IO720B1B
Propeller
Hartzl HCA3VK2
Part
Line
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY UPON DISCOVERING HYD SYS FAILURE AND LANDED. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT HAD NO CONTROL OF NOSE WHEEL STEERING OR BRAKES AND ACFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO RT, ONTO GRASS AND A DITCH. THE RT MLG BROKE OFF CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT BUT NO INJURIES. UPON INSP OF THE HYD SYS BY MX, AN ALUMINUM TUBING WHICH IS PART OF THE HYD SYS PLUMBING IN THE RT WING WAS FOUND RUPTURED AT THE BEND RADIUS CAUSING LOSS OF HYD PRESSURE AND ALLOWING SYS FLUID TO LEAK OVERBOARD.