Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
April 17, 2023
Submitted
April 21, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N39UB
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB39
Aircraft time
30,601 hours, 32,654 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

PILOT REPORTED THAT HYDRAULIC FLUID LOW LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. LANDING GEAR RELAY CIRCUIT BREAKER THEN POPPED. A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED, AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN KLBB WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED, AND AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO KDFW. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING AND FOUND AIR IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. MECHANICS BLED SYSTEM AND THE HYDRAULIC LIGHT NO LONGER ILLUMINATED BUT THE GEAR-IN-TRANSIT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. MAINTENANCE SERVICED HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PERFORMED SHUTTLE VALVE FUNCTIONAL CHECKS. ALL VALVES WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN TOLERANCE. MAINTENANCE ALSO PERFORMED NUMEROUS GEAR SWINGS AND VERIFIED HORN AND GEAR-IN-TRANSIT LIGHTS WORK ACCORDINGLY. NO LEAKS OR DEFECTS NOTED. THE HYDRAULIC LOW LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE DURING OPERATIONAL CHECKS. NO PARTS WERE REQUIRED TO BE CHANGED AT THIS TIME. OCF WAS PERFORMED AND NO FURTHER ISSUES OCCURRED.

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