Service difficulty report · B-Nut · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
May 8, 2005
Submitted
May 12, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N381CW
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500111
Aircraft time
10,698 hours, 7,137 cycles
Part
B-Nut
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE LT AND RT HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS HAD ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE SPOILER HOLD, AILERON BOOST, AND AUXILLARY HYDRAULIC PUMP LIGHTS. THE HYDRAULIC FLUID VOLUME REMAINED STEADY. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KAPA. THE LANDING GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED, AND THE SPEED BRAKES, SPOILERS, THRUST REVERSERS, AND STEERING WERE INOPERATIVE WHEN AIRCRAFT LANDED IN KAPA. MAINTENANCE RAN THE AIRCRAFT SEVERAL TIMES AND ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED NORMALLY. A LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AT A B-NUT FOR THE OUTBOARD LEFT ROLL SPOILER. B-NUT WAS TIGHTENED AND LEAK CHECK WAS GOOD. NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, TWO UNLOADING VALVES, PART NUMBE

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