Service difficulty report · Bowl · Piper PA31T2

Difficulty date
December 9, 2009
Submitted
January 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31T2
Aircraft time
15,147 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A135
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Bowl
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd Filter
Part time
15,543 hours
Component
Hyd Filter
Component part number
463635
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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) ON FINAL, LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN BUT NOTHING HAPPENED - GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. GEAR HANDLE WAS CYCLED UP & DOWN WITH NO SUCCESS. HAND PUMP WAS USED TO SUCCESSFULLY EXTEND THE GEAR. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX CREW FOUND THE LT ENG HYD FILTER BOWL CRACKED. THE BOWL WAS REPLACED, THE SYS WAS SERVICED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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