Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
October 11, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
7,467 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Part
Hydraulic Line
Part number
82974222001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd System
Part time
9,630 hours
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 CRUISE CREW FELT A SHUDDER AND HEARD A NOISE, THEN RECEIVED THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP CAUTION LIGHT. QUANTITY AND PRESSURE SEEMED GOOD. MOMENTS LATER CREW LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND QUANTITY IN THE NUMBER 1 SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED LIGHTS. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC FOR THEIR ARRIVAL INTO THEIR DESTINATION. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO ADVERSE PASSENGER REACTION. CREW TAXIED TO GATE AS THEY HAD ADEQUATE BRAKING . HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE FOUND CRACKED AT 90 DEGREE BEND JUST BEFORE THE PRESSURE MANIFOLD. NEW PRESSURE LINE SWAGED IN NACELLE FROM PRESSURE MANIFOLD TO FIREWALL INTERFACE IN LT WHEEL WELL. PRESSURE, RETURN AND CASE DRAIN LINE PURGED.