Service difficulty report · Filter Housing · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
May 24, 2011
Submitted
May 31, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N35336
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
317952189
Aircraft time
17,591 hours, 21,689 cycles
Part
Filter Housing
Part number
AN62341
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, A
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER RECEIVING CLEARANCE FOR LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE FLAMES COMING FROM INSIDE THE RT ENGINE, NEAR THE INBD EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED THE FIRE TRUCKS BE DISPATCHED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE NR 2 ENGINE. AFTER EXITING THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXI WAY THE PILOT PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY SHUT DOWN THE OF LT ENGINE AND EVACUATED THE ACFT. MX INSPECTED THE RT ENGINE AND FOUND THE HYDRAULIC FILTER BOWL THAT MOUNTS TO THE INBD SIDE OF THE FIREWALL CRACKED AT THE THREADED PORTION OF THE BOWL CAUSING THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. FILTER BOWL WAS REPLACED.

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