Service difficulty report · Accumulator · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
March 11, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft time
1,153 hours
Part
Accumulator
Part number
75502
Condition
Failed
Location
Brakes
Part time
294 hours
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) AT THE BEGINNING OF A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE CHECK FOR C-XXXX, TECH 1 WAS REMOVING ENGINE COWLS, WHILE TECH 2 WAS REMOVING COMMISSARY FROM THE BULKHEAD BEHIND THE PILOT`S SEAT. ON TECH 2S SECOND TRIP INTO THE AIRCRAFT A BUBBLING NOISE WAS NOTED. THIS WAS THE EXTENT OF WORK PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT AT THIS POINT. TECH 1 AND TECH 2 DISCOVERED A GURGLING NOISE, AND PUDDLE OF FLUID UNDER/AT THE OVERFLOW VENT OF THE BRAKE RESERVOIR. WE WATCHED AS THE BRAKE ACCUMULATOR PRECHARGE STEADILY WENT DOWN, THE NITROGEN EXITING FROM THE ACCUMULATOR INTO THE RESERVOIR, AND THEN OVERBOARD THROUGH THE RESERVOIR VENT, BRINGING SOME FLUID WITH IT. WHEN WE TRIED TO CHARGE THE ACCUMULATOR, THE NITROGEN IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO THE RESERVOIR AND OVERBOARD AGAIN. THE ACCUMULATOR WAS DETERMINED FAULTY. (TC# 20190313023)

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