Service difficulty report · Pump · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
July 24, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
7,054 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Part
Pump
Part number
6617303
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) IN FLIGHT THE PILOT RECEIVED `MASTER CAUTION`. IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE NR 1 HYD ISO VALVE & ROLL SPLR. CHECKLIST WAS CALLED FOR & PILOTS NOTICED THAT THE NR 1 HYD QUANTITY WAS AT 15%. PILOTS WITNESSED THE HYD QUANTITY DECREASE TO 10%. THEY THEN ANTICIPATED THAT A COMPLETE LOSS OF NR 1 HYD SYSTEM WAS LIKELY. CAPTAIN DECLARED A PAN PAN. FOLLOWING THAT, THE NR 1 HYD SYSTEM INDICATED 0%, FOLLOWED BY THE FULL LOSS OF NR 1 HYD CAUTION LIGHT PACKAGE. THE CAUSE OF THE HYDRAULIC LEAK WAS A FAILED O-RING & LOOSE FITTING. THE NR 1 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM`S PRESSURE MANIFOLD HAS PROVISIONS FOR ATTACHING AN EXTERNAL HYDRAULIC CART FOR TESTING AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. THE PRESSURE PORT ADAPTER & RETURN PORT ADAPTER ARE THREADED INTO THE MANIFOLD WITH AN O-RING LOCATED BETWEEN THE MATING SURFACES. THE PRESSURE PORT ADAPTER WAS FOUND LOOSE & ITS O-RING SPLIT, WHICH IS WHERE THE NR 1 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID ESCAPED FROM. THE O-RING WAS REPLACED & THE ADAPTER WAS INSTALLED IAW IAW AMM 29-11-01 . FOUND A LEAKING UNION O-RING AT THE GND SRV PRESS PORT. O-RING AT NR 1 HYD PRESSURE SERV. GND UNION REPLACED IAW AMM 29-00-00. OPS CHECKED OF NR 1 EDP C/O IAW AMM 29-11-01 & FNC OF NR 1 HYD SYSTEM C/O IAW AMM 29-10-00.