SDR U5QA06028

Service difficulty report · Regulator · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
December 26, 2010
Submitted
December 28, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N869AV
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft serial
60306
Aircraft time
1,319 hours, 735 cycles
Part
Regulator
Part number
270213
Part serial
1017
Condition
Failed
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Part time
502 hours, 257 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KSUA TO MMTO. SHORTLY AFTER REACHING CRUISE ALTITUDE (FL430), RIGHT HYD PRES LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE LEFT HYD PRES LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW DIVERTED TO KMIA. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INDICATOR REMAINED IN GREEN UNTIL GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. ALL THREE GEAR CAME DOWN AND LOCKED. AUX HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS USED AND THEY HAD NORMAL BREAKING. CREW REPORTED RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT AND RIGHT ENGINE COWL COVERED IN HYDRAULIC FLUID. MAINTENANCE CONFIRMED FLEX LINE FAILURES AT HYDRAULIC PUMP PRESSURE PORT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR PRESSURE REGULATOR IAW MM 29-00-02 AND REGULATOR FAILED TEST. SUSPECT FAILED REGULATOR CAUSED RESERVOIR TO REMAIN UNPRESSURIZED, CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO FOAM AND ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS TO ACTIVATE AND BLOW OUT FLEX LINES ON RIGHT PUMP AND EMPTY FLUID FROM RESERVOIR.