Service difficulty report · Valve · Gruman TURBOFIRECAT

Difficulty date
December 17, 2009
Submitted
March 1, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Gruman TURBOFIRECAT
Part
Valve
Part number
503476
Condition
Failed
Location
Hyd System
Part time
2,047 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) NO ACTION FROM THE SERA (SINGLE ENGINE RUDDER ASSISTANCE) DURING TRAINING (PHASE : WATER BOMBING). SERA INDICATION LIGHT ON UPON SELECTION IAW FLIGHT AND OPERATION MANUAL REQUIREMENTS. FLIGHT CREW NOTED: NO ENGAGEMNENT OF SERA SYS. TRAINING ABORTED AND ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. MX PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING AND VERFIED FAILED VALVE PN 50347-6, SN 344G. FUNCTION OF THIS VALVE WHEN SELECTED ON IS TO ROUTE HYD PRESSURE TO THE CONCENTRIC SLIDE VALVES. SELECTOR VALVE ALSO ROUTES HYD PRESSURE TO EXTEND THE RUDDER TRIMMER LOCK ACTUATOR.