Service difficulty report · Accumulator · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 11, 2009
Submitted
November 13, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N274SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145344
Aircraft time
22,478 hours, 18,804 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
18,623 hours, 15,444 cycles
Part
Accumulator
Part number
088424002
Part serial
842417585NA
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Part time
9,191 hours, 8,037 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOW QUANTITY EICAS MESSAGE AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. THE CREW CONTINUED THE FLIGHT AND DURING CRUISE THE SYSTEM 1 QUANTITY DROPPED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE CAUTION RANGE ON THE MFD. THE FLIGHT THEN DIVERTED TO KCHS WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE SYSTEM 1 ACCUMULATOR WAS LOW ON PRECHARGE AND WHEN THE NITROGEN SERVICING VALVE WAS OPENED, IT EXPELLED A SMALL AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS EXPELLED. THE ACCUMULATOR WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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