Service difficulty report · Line · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
June 7, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft time
13,721 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Line
Part number
5291312102
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Part time
13,938 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) UPON TROUBLESHOOTING A HYD LIGHT SNAG, MAINTENANCE JACKED THE ACFT AND PREFORMED A GEAR SWING. GEAR WENT UP WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON SELECTION OF GEAR DOWN A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND HYDRAULIC FLUID STARTED POURING FROM MULTIPLE PLACES ON LT SIDE OF FUSELAGE UNDER VARIOUS PANELS, WITH PANELS REMOVED, MAINTENANCE HAD FOUND A HYDRAULIC RETUN LINE, IPC REF DMC-12-A-29-10-00-020-941A-A ITEM NUMBER 10, HAD FAILED. LINE WAS R & R. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE FAILED LINE, IT WAS FOUND THAT TWO OTHER LOCATIONS ON THE LINE HAD BULDGED OUT AND LOOKED AS IF FAILURE IN THOSE LOCATIONS WAS INEVITABLE AS WELL. ALL OF THE FAILURES WERE WHERE THE HYDRAULIC LINE WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE RUBBER LINE SUPPORT BLOCKS, PN 944.87.33.141 IPC REF DMC-12-A-29-10-00-020-941A-A, ITEM NR 65 OF IPC DIAGRAM.