Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
April 6, 2014
Submitted
April 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N138BG
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800135
Aircraft time
2,709 hours, 1,619 cycles
Part
Hydraulic Line
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NLG DID NOT RETRACT WHEN GEAR HANDLE SELECTED UP. EMER & ABNORMAL PROCEDURES CHECKLIST FOLLOWED & GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. MLG EXTENDED & GREEN BUT NLG RETRACTED & HAD RED UNLOCKED LIGHT. TOWER VERIFIED MAINS DOWN & NOSE GEAR UP. EMER LG WILL NOT EXTEND PROCEDURE DID NOT BRING THE NLG DOWN, EMER DECLARED & ACFT ROUTED TO MKE. ACFT MADE A NLG UP LANDING WITH NO INJURIES. NLG SPADE DOOR & LT GEAR DOOR REMOVED & VISUAL CONFIRMATION WAS MADE THAT NLG UPLOCK WAS RELEASED. HYD LINES WERE CRACKED ON THE NLG & GEAR EXTENDED & VERIFIED AS LOCKED. INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVELS FLEXIBLE HYD LINES WERE POSSIBLY SWAPPED DURING RECENT IMPLEMENTATION OF SB680-32-06 NLG ISOLATOR PIN REPLACEMENT.