Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
September 3, 2016
Submitted
September 8, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N529BC
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
471
Aircraft time
14,916 hours, 11,261 cycles
Part
Hydraulic Line
Part number
26070143
Condition
Chafed
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Part time
14,916 hours, 11,261 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON SHORT FINAL, WHEN SELECTING FLAPS 20, GEAR DOWN, GEAR WAS VERY SLOW AND FLAPS UNRESPONSIVE BUT DID INDICATE 3 GREEN. WHEN SELECTED ANTI-SKID, OFF, PUMPED BRAKES IAW SOP, FELT GOOD PRESSURE THEN SELECTED ANTI-SKID, ON. AT THIS TIME HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WENT BELOW NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. BY SELECTING THE AUXILIARY PUMP ON THEY HAD FULL HYDRAULIC SYS FUNCTIONALITY AND WERE ABLE TO LAND WITH FULL USE OF FLAPS AND BRAKES BUT NO SPOILERS. AFTER SHUTDOWN, PILOT NOTICED HYDRAULIC FLUID DRIPPING FROM AFT OF EQUIPMENT BAY ACCESS DOOR. NO HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS VISIBLE IN SIGHT GAUGE, AT THIS TIME THE TRIP COULD NOT CONTINUE ON ITS INTENDED ROUTE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MAIN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LINE WAS CHAFED THROUGH BY RUBBING ON THE 3-WAY VALVE, AND BOTH ENGINE-DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE FOUND WITH NO DAMAGED DUE TO THE SHORT TIME OF OPERATION WITH LOW FLUID.

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