Service difficulty report · Flex Line · Gulstm G159

Difficulty date
July 18, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Gulstm G159
Engine
Rroyce DART5298X
Part
Flex Line
Part number
159H1000769
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Pump To Filter
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE WHEN THE CREW NOTICED A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. THEY RETURNED TO ORIGIN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE APPLIED. THE FLEXIBLE LINE FROM THE L/H HYDRAULIC PUMP TO THE FILTER WAS FOUND RUPTURED. NEW LINE INSTALLED.