Service difficulty report · Regulator · Cvac 340CVAC

Difficulty date
May 27, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cvac 340CVAC
Aircraft time
16,937 hours
Engine
Allsn 501D22C
Propeller
Hamstd 54H60
Part
Regulator
Part number
196S8225
Condition
Broken
Location
Hyd Flow
Part time
16,962 hours
Stage of operation
AP
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) AFTER PRACTICE FIRE MISSION (PRACTICE WATER DROP) FLAPS WOULD NOT COME UP BUT REMAINED STUCK IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION. CREW WENT TO RETRACT FLAPS BY USING EMERGENCY HANDLE. NOTICED WHEN REACHING FOR HANDLE, HYD FLUID IN THE HANDLE AREA. CREW MEMBER MOVED HYD BYPASS LEVER TO UP AND THEN CHECKED FLUID LEVEL. NO HYD FLUID LEFT IN TANK. CREW CONSULTED QR BOOKLET NOTED THAT THERE WAS STILL PRESSURE LEFT ON HYD SYS GUAGE. CREW MADE THE DECISION TO PUT BYPASS DOWN AND GEAR HANDLE DOWN. GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED BUT ALL PRESSURE IN HYD SYS LOST. CREW LANDED NORMALLY USED PROPELLER REVERSE TO STOP AND HELD ACFT IN PLACE WITH AIRBRAKES. GROUND CREW WAS ON HAND & PUT GEAR PINS IN AND TOWED ACFT CLEAR OF RUNWAY. MX FOUND HYD FLOW REGULATOR VALVE BROKEN IN TWO. DISCUSSIONS WITH TC HOLDER IDENTIFIED THAT THIS IS AN ABNORMAL FAILURE THAT THEY HADN`T SEEN BEFORE. THEY ARE GOING TO DO ANALYSIS OF OTHER VALVES FOR FAILURE.