Service difficulty report · Bowl · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
March 19, 2014
Submitted
March 20, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N35497
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
318052039
Aircraft time
17,488 hours
Part
Bowl
Part number
28108
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Part time
2,512 hours
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN. PILOT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HAND PUMP IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE GEAR TO THE DOWN & LOCKED POSITION. DETERMINED THAT THE LT HYD FILTER BOWL HAD DEVELOPED A CRACK & WAS LEAKING HYD FLUID. AFFECTED BOWL WAS REPLACED & OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.

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