Service difficulty report · Line · Agusta AW139

Difficulty date
May 24, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Agusta AW139
Part
Line
Part number
3G2910A1631
Condition
Chafed
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Part time
233 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT HAD BEEN SHUTDOWN, PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED AND ACFT WAS BEEN PREPARED FOR TOW BACK TO HANGAR WHEN HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS SEEN ON THE GROUND UNDER THE ACFT. FORWARD COWLING ON THE UPPER DECK WAS OPENED AND HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS NOTED ON THE RT SIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION DECK, THE NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYS RESERVOIR WAS NOTED TO BE READING BELOW THE MINIMUM POSITION, SLIGHTLY ABOVE 50 PERCENT ON THE SIGHT GAUGE. RAGS WERE INSERTED INTO THE DRAINS TO STOP THE FLUID FROM CONTINUING TO DRAIN OUT ONTO THE TARMAC AND ACFT WAS TOWED BACK TO HANGAR. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE AND AFTER CONNECTING THE HYDRAULIC MULE TO THE NR 2 SYS, A PIN HOLE WAS FOUND ON THE NR 2 HYDRAULIC MODULE LINE GOING TO THE SHUT OFF VALVE FOR THE TAIL ROTOR. THIS LINE, WHICH IS ROUTED BELOW THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, HAD CHAFED AGAINST IT. A NEW LINE HAS BEEN ORDERED AND WILL BE INSTALLED BEFORE ACFT IS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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