Service difficulty report · Swivel Fitting · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
March 21, 2014
Submitted
March 27, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N305QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800088
Aircraft time
6,633 hours, 4,248 cycles
Part
Swivel Fitting
Part number
USM1514J4G
Part serial
312118
Condition
Loose
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
DE
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

AFTER LOWERING GEAR, HYDRAULIC VOLUME LOW CAS MESSAGE APPEARED, FOLLOWED BY THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOW LT & RT CAS MESSAGE. COMPLETED THE HYDRAULIC VOLUME LOW EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. EMERGENCY BRAKING WORKED AS EXPECTED. INSPECTION REVEALED PRESSURE PART ON NOSE STEERING UNIT CAME LOOSE. REPLACED SWIVEL AND HOSE IAW MM 32-50-00. ACCOMPLISHED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM BLEED IAW MM 12-12-02, LEAK CHECK, CLEARANCE CHECK, AND OPS CHECKS GOOD. SERVICED BRAKE BOTTLE IAW MM 12-13-01. ACCOMPLISHED BRAKE BLEED PROCEDURE IAW MM 32-42-10.