Service difficulty report · Hyd Line · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 8, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
43
Part
Hyd Line
Part number
82910010117
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Hyd Syst
Component
Dhav · 82910002003
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, NOTICED AN ODORLESS CHEMICAL IRRITANT IN THE COCKPIT. THE IRRITANT WAS NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 20 SECONDS. MX PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN WITH BLEEDS ON AND TEMP HOT FROM IDLE TO TAKEOFF POWER RPM. NO IRRITANT NOTED. PRESSURIZED HYD SYS AND INSPECTED FROM UNDER THE COCKPIT FLOOR TO ROW 2. FOUND HYD LINES JUST AFT OF THE FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD TO BE WET, BUT NO LEAKS FOUND. INSPECTED AND DETERMINED TO BE SAFE FOR GEAR DOWN FERRY FLIGHT TO PDX. IN PDX REPLACED GEAR-UP HYD LINE JUST AFT OF THE FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD BY PERMA SWEDGE. SERVICED AND BLED THE NR 2 HYD SYS AND ACCOMPLISHED A GEAR SWING, OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD.