Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
June 22, 2005
Submitted
June 24, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N840LX
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258666
Aircraft time
1,254 hours, 785 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Hyd Sys
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
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

AT FL290 THE NR 2 HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AND THEN EXTINGUISHED. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 2,000 TO 3,000 PSI FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BOTH HYDRAULIC LOW PRESSURE ANNUNCIATORS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CREW THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND HAD TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO KPHX AND A UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED AN O-RING ON THE NR 1 SYSTEM LOW PRESSURE SWITCH SNUBBER. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED AND ENGINES WERE RAN. A SATISFACTORY LEAK CHECK OF THE SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.