SDR SWIA972370

Service difficulty report · Hydraulic Line · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
February 12, 2001
Submitted
February 22, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120351
Aircraft time
4,173 hours, 5,907 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118B
Part
Hydraulic Line
Condition
Chafed
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH RECIEVED A GREEN (LEFT) SYTEM LOW LEVEL LIGHT GAUGE SHOWED TOP OF YELLOW ARC. A FEW MINUTES LATER RECEIVED A LOW PRESSURE LIGHT. THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER RECEIVED A MAIN PUMP LOW PRESSURE LIGHT WITH THE ELEC HYDRAULIC PUMP ON LIGHT. THE HYDRAULIC FLUID LEVEL GAUGE DID SHOW A SLOW DECREASE IN FLUID LEVEL THE ENTIRE TIME. LANDED NORMALLY WITH GAUGE SHOWING IN MIDDLE OF YELLOW ARC. ELEC PUMP RAN EMTPY APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER LANDING. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM FOR LEAKS. FOUND CHAFED LINE AT GREEN HYD SYTEM MAIN ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP PRESSURE LINE. REMOVED AND REPAIRED LINE TO SERVICEABLE CONDITION. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO LEAKS NOTED. ALL HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT OPS CHECK GOOD.

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