Service difficulty report · Tube · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
July 22, 2010
Submitted
July 27, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0090
Aircraft time
3,751 hours, 2,748 cycles
Part
Tube
Part number
633730117
Condition
Broken
Location
Hyd Manifold
Part time
3,751 hours, 2,748 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON THE APPROACH, THE FLAP HANDLE WAS MOVED FROM 0 TO 15, THE HYD LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND FLAPS DID NOT REACH THE FLAPS 15 POSITION. THE HYD FLOW LOW LT & RT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE FLAP HANDLE WAS MOVED BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. THE CREW RAN THE CHECKLIST FOR EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND NO FLAP LANDING, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX REPLACED A BROKEN FLAP EXTEND HYD LINE, BLED THE SYS, SERVICED THE EMERGENCY N2 BOTTLE AND CYCLED GEAR AND FLAPS. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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