Service difficulty report · Line · Bolkms BK117B1

Difficulty date
August 3, 2012
Submitted
August 7, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N213AE
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B1
Aircraft serial
7219
Aircraft time
9,043 hours, 45,745 cycles
Engine
Lyc LTS101750A1
Engine time
8,036 hours, 14,928 cycles
Part
Line
Part number
AE7062721
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Nr 2 Hyd System
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, K, J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, DETECTED A BURNING ODOR. SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT FROM ABOVE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. SMELLING A SWEET ODOR AND CREW REPORTED HYDRAULIC FLUID COMING DOWN DOOR, WINDOWS AND SIDE OF ACFT. ACFT KEPT MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE FOLLOWED BY GYRATIONS AND INCREASED PRESSURE ON FLIGHT CONTROLS WITH A HYD 2 LIGHT AND SMOKE. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT THREE TIMES. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND A RUPTURED NR 2 HYD PRESSURE LINE BETWEEN THE HYD PUMP AND THE TANDEM HYD PACK.