Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Dhav DHC8106

Difficulty date
October 6, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8106
Aircraft time
36,561 hours
Engine
Pwa PW121
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Cylinder
Part number
82970015005
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
NR
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) NR 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID. LEAK WAS FOUND TO BE COMING FROM THE RT MLG AFT/CENTER DOOR ACTUATOR. THE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. VISUALLY INDENTIFIED FLUID SEEPING FROM THE ACTUATOR CYLINDER HOUSING BELOW THE UPPER MOUNT LUG AND ADJACENT TO THE EXTEND FITTING. CYLINDER DETERMINED TO BE CRACKED. THIS PARTS ID PLATE WAS NOT FOUND WHEN REMOVED, SN UNKNOWN. MFG IPC USED TO DETERMINE THE PN.