Service difficulty report · Press Switch · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
December 17, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N329MX
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3049
Engine
Pwa PW119C
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Press Switch
Part number
156671
Condition
Defective
Location
Hyd Compart
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE, RECEIVED A CAS MESSAGE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE ALERT. DIVERTED TO COS WHERE MX WAS AVAILABLE. ACFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. NOTE: THIS WAS THE SECOND PILOT REPORT OF THE SAME DISCREPANCY IN AS MANY DAYS. MX UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. MX SERVICED THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR AND RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICE. THE CREW REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN ON THE NEXT FLIGHT SEGMENT. DIA MX REPLACED THE HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE SWITCH IAW AMM 29-10-00. SINCE PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY WHILE THE ACFT WAS ON THE GROUND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, MX REQUESTED A TEST FLIGHT AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE PRESSURE SWITCH. TEST FLIGHT RESULTS WERE SATISFACTORY.