Service difficulty report · Filter · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
April 11, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft time
10,279 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A21
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Filter
Part number
206201
Condition
Dirty
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
NR
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) DURING THE OPS-1 INSPECTION AND FOLLOWING THE "SCHEDULED INSPECTION PROGRAM", PHASE 1, MAINTENANCE PRACTICES, LJ-1063 AND AFTER, ITEM F.11.A. PERFORM THE GEAR-UP AND GEAR-DOWN PORT FINGER SCREEN CLEANING PROCEDURE. WHEN THE TECH PULLED THE SCREENS FOR CLEANING, IT WAS NOTED THAT 1 OF THE SCREEN FLANGES HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SCREEN. THE FLANGE AND THE SCREEN WERE BOTH RECOVERED AND ACCOUNTED FOR. THE SECOND SCREEN WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO THE OVERLAP SEEM HAD A SEPARATION ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE OVERLAP. NEW SCREENS WERE PULLED FROM STOCK AND INSTALLED.

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