Service difficulty report · Powerpack · Cessna 172RG

Difficulty date
January 8, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 172RG
Aircraft time
8,166 hours
Engine
Lyc O360F1A6
Propeller
Mcauly B2D34C220
Part
Powerpack
Part number
98811241RX
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER LANDING, PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR NOTICED WHINING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER DASH. CHECKED ENGINE INSTRUMENTS NOTICED ALTERNATOR WAS SHOWING HIGH DISCHARGE. NOISE STOPPED ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALTERNATOR NO LONGER DISCHARGING. CHECKED CIRCUIT BREAKERS NOTICED GEAR PUMP BREAKER POPPED. ACFT BROUGHT INTO HANGAR, PLACED ON JACKS. GEAR PUMP BREAKER WAS RESET. GEAR WAS RETRACTED AT END OF CYCLE THE PUMP WOULD NOT SHUTDOWN. CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TO BE PULLED TO STOP PUMP. THIS IS SAME PROBLEM ACFT HAD 53 HRS AGO BUT THAT TIME THE MOTOR OVERHEATED, CAUSING SMOKE IN COCKPIT BEFORE BLOWING BREAKER. HYD POWER PACK WILL BE REPLACED AGAIN.

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