Service difficulty report · Line · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
August 7, 2005
Submitted
August 12, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N708TA
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK178
Aircraft time
6,404 hours, 5,215 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
AE1009196G0124
Part serial
NA
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Lt Hyd System
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON LANDING ROLL AS THE A/C SLOWED THROUGH 55 KTS BRAKE PRESSURE WAS LOST AND THE THRUST REVERSERS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. THE EMERGENCY BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO STOP THE A/C. AT THAT POINT, THE HYD PRESSURE WAS INDICATING ZERO. WHILE AWAITING PARKING INSTRUCTIONS, THE HYD AND NITROGEN PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. DURING A POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION THE CREW DISCOVERED THE LEFT AFT SECTION OF THE A/C WAS COVERED IN HYD FLUID. MX DISCOVERED THE PRESSURE LINE TO THE LEFT THRUST REVERSER HAD RUPTURED. THE PRESSURE AND RETURN LINES LEADING TO THE NR 1 ENG THRUST REVERSER WERE REPLACED. NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS FOR THE BRAKES WERE BLED. BOTH LT AND RT ENGINE DRIVEN HYD PUMPS WERE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. THE A/C WAS

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