Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Swrngn SA227AT

Difficulty date
March 10, 2023
Submitted
March 16, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N244DH
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AT
Aircraft serial
AT618B
Aircraft time
29,483 hours, 22,829 cycles
Part
Hydraulic Line
Part number
2791032135
Part serial
NA
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
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

ENROUTE TO KELP FROM KDFW, APPROXIMATELY 50 MINUTES PRIOR LANDING, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ANNUNCIATION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CREW CONSULTED QRH, CONTACTED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED AND HAD 3 GREEN INDICATIONS. AIRCRAFT SAFELY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE. AIRPORT OPS DISPATCHED ARFF IN KELP. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND CRACK IN HYDRAULIC LINE COMING FROM POWER PACK. ALSO, BECAUSE HYDRAULIC PUMPS RAN DURING THE FLIGHT FOR MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME WITHOUT FLUID, THESE PUMPS HAD TO BE REPLACED, AS WELL.