Service difficulty report · Screw · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
May 1, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft time
23,872 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Screw
Part number
MS1699835
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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) UPON APPROCH INTO XXXX, FLIGHT CREW OF C-XXXX ATTEMPTED TO SELECT GEAR DOWN. `LANDING GEAR CONTROL` CIRCUIT BREAKER FOUND TO BE `POPPED`. BREAKER RESET & DOWN SELECTION RE-SELECTED. POSITIVE DOWN LOCK INDICATION FOR BOTH MAINS ACHIEVED, NEGATIVE INDICATION FOR NOSE GEAR FOLLOWED BY CONTROL BREAKER `POPPED` AGAIN. EMERGENCY HAND PUMP EXTENSION PROCEDURE INITIALIZED FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY `HYD FLUID LOW` ANNUNCIATION & THEN FOLLOWED BY POSITIVE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK INDICATION. NORMAL LANDING C/O BY FLIGHT CREW. FOLLOWING LANDING MAINTENANCE JACKED A/C & DISCOVERED TWO OF FOUR ATTACHMENT SCREWS FOR THE SELECTOR VALVE TO POWER PACK HAD SHEARED RESULTING IN O-RING FAILURE & SEVERE FLUID LOSS OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM (TC# 20190501023)

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