Service difficulty report · Union · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
February 11, 2013
Submitted
February 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N839CA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
553
Aircraft time
24,467 hours, 26,911 cycles
Part
Union
Condition
Broken
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE NR 2 HYD PUMP ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. CREW OBSERVED THE NR 2 HYD QTY TO BE NEAR ZERO. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDED SAFELY. GROUND MX CREW INSPECTED AND FOUND THE UNION FITTING ON THE PRESSURE MANIFOLD BROKEN. R & R FITTING. REPLENISHED HYD FLUID IN NR 2 SYSTEM. BLED SYS OF AIR AND CHANGED THE FILTERS IN THE SYS. ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP WAS CHANGED DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE OPERATED IN EXCESS OF 15 MINUTES WITH NO FLUID. ALL LEAK AND OPS CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY.