Service difficulty report · Line · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
July 31, 2017
Submitted
August 2, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N787C
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC550
Aircraft time
29,593 hours, 39,203 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
2781032073
Condition
Cracked
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT PERFORMED CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SMOKE. AFTER LANDING, THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS INVESTIGATED AND FOUND TO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A FINE MIST OF HYDRAULIC FLUID COMING FROM A CRACKED LANDING GEAR DOWN LINE RUNNING THROUGH THE COCKPIT. THE CREW ALSO NOTED AN ACCUMULATION OF HYDRAULIC FLUID UNDER THE LT RUDDER PEDALS. MX REPLACED THE FAULTY LINE AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED THE SYSTEM, NOTING NO FURTHER ANOMALIES.