Service difficulty report · Unlock Cylinder · Gulstm G280

Difficulty date
November 17, 2022
Submitted
November 21, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N345DX
Make and model
Gulstm G280
Aircraft serial
2225
Aircraft time
629 hours, 426 cycles
Part
Unlock Cylinder
Part number
2850000000
Part serial
IL493
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 700
Part time
629 hours, 426 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, S
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC FLUID QUANTITY LOW CAS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE CREW OBSERVED THE QUANTITY DECREASING ON THE QUANTITY GAUGE. FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KSAV, SAVANNAH GA. WHEN THE CREW SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN THE QUANTITY HAD DIMINISHED TO THE POINT WHERE THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. PILOTS PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN EXTENDING THE GEAR. THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS PUT INTO THE GULFSTREAM SERVICE CENTER. GULFSTREAM IDENTIFIED THE HYDRAULIC LEAK AS COMING FROM THE NOSE GEAR UNLOCK ACTUATOR. AN O RING ON THE FITTING WHERE THE INSERT BENDER JET ADAPTER ATTACHES TO THE UNLOCK ACTUATOR. THE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED, ALONG WITH ALL RIGHT SIDE HYDRAULIC FILTERS. THE AIRPLANE PASSED ALL OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS AND WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.