Service difficulty report · Valve · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
May 8, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
53,299 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Valve
Part number
G831810A
Condition
Leaking
Location
Mlg
Part time
43,170 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING TAXI FOR FLIGHT, THE CREW NOTICED LOSS OF BRAKES, RECEIVED NR 1 ISO VALVE AND ROLL SPOILER INBD CAUTION LIGHTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE NR 1 HYDRAULICS WERE DOWN TO 1 QUART. ACFT RETURNED TO GATE AND UPON SHUTDOWN, IT WAS VIEWED THAT THE INBD SIDE OF THE NR 1 NACELLE WAS DRIPPING WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE BRAKE QTY LIMITING VALVE CASING WAS FRACTURED/BROKEN. VALVE WAS REPLACED.