Service difficulty report · Relief Valve · Amd FALCON20F5

Difficulty date
December 1, 2003
Submitted
December 9, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N600CD
Make and model
Amd FALCON20F5
Aircraft serial
377
Part
Relief Valve
Part number
22843773MI
Part serial
H0087
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hyd Reservoir
Part time
202 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING TO 37,000 FT WHEN THE LOW HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR HEAD PRESSURE LIGHT COME ON. THE PILOT DESCENDED TO 20,000 FT IAW THE FLIGHT MANUAL. WE FOUND THAT THE NR 2 HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR OVER PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE WAS LEAKING. THE VALVE WAS PURCHASED FROM MFG ON 11-20-03, IT WAS A NEW PART.