SDR MALA060628

Service difficulty report · Accumulator · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
December 20, 2006
Submitted
December 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N402XJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B402
Aircraft time
23,372 hours, 25,293 cycles
Part
Accumulator
Part number
0884230011
Part serial
84239822
Condition
Burst
Location
Hydraulic System
Part time
23,372 hours, 25,293 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TOWED FROM THE HANGER AFTER OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE IN CWA. THE AMT IN THE COCKPIT SELECTED THE HYD PRES SWITCH FOR HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, NEEDED TO SET THE BRAKES. AS THE SYSTEM NEARED "FULL CHARGE" THE ACCUMULATOR BURST, CAUSING SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. REPLACED ACCUMULATOR.

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