Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
August 12, 2005
Submitted
August 15, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440CW
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK40
Aircraft time
6,787 hours, 6,024 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Broken
Location
Transducer
Component
Transducer
Component part number
45AS65573005
Stage of operation
DE
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

ON DESCENT, CREW NOTICED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE WAS INDICATING TOO HIGH. THE HIGH HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRESSURE CHECKLIST REQUIRES A NO FLAP LANDING AND USE OF EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. EMERGENCY DECLARED. DUE TO IT'S LONGER RUNWAY LENGTH, ACFT DIVERTED TO KORF FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TRANSDUCER AND REPAIRED A BROKEN WIRE IN THE TRANSDUCER WIRING HARNESS. THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES TO BLEED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. THE BRAKES WERE BLED AND THE NITROGEN BOTTLE WAS SERVICED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE HYDRAULIC INDICATION SYSTEM AND LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS WERE NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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