N764XJ

ATA 7200

DURING CLIMB OUT FROM OPF, FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A "CHIP DETECT R" CAS MESSAGE. CREW CONVEYED THEIR SITUATION TO ATC AND REQUESTED REROUTE BACK TO OPF FOR SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE. SOON AFTER, CREW WAS REQUESTED TO DIVERT TO FXE, AND WAS ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH ATC TO DO SO, WHERE THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ATC DECLARED THE AIRCRAFT AN EMERGENCY. MAINTENANCE FOUND ONE SMALL SLIVER JUST LARGE ENOUGH TO BRIDGE CHIP DETECTOR AND ONE SMALL SLIVER ON A NON-INDICATING MAGNETIC PLUG OF THE RT ENGINE. PER THE ROLLS ROYCE MM, THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. ENGINE GROUND RUNS WERE ACCOMPLISHED, WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 2910

ALL SYSTEMS NORMAL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. DURING CLIMB, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM A STARTED LOSING QUANTITY. ON GROUND, PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, QUANTITY WAS 52%. AT 1414Z THE QUANTITY HAD DROPPED TO 36%. CALCULATED A 1% LOSS EVERY TEN MINUTES. REVIEWED PROCEDURES AND LIMITATIONS AND DECIDED TO DIVERT TO LAS. NOTIFIED MX CONTROL AND CONTACTED ARTC, REQUESTED A DIVERSION, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ATC WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO IMMINENT DANGER. LANDED AND TAXIED WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH ALL SYSTEMS OPERATING NORMALLY. MX FOUND TWO HYDRAULIC LINES, LOCATED IN THE LT AFT FUSELAGE FAIRING, CHAFING EACH OTHER, WITH ONE LINE CHAFED THROUGH TO THE POINT OF LEAKING. THE HYDRAULIC LINES, P/N’S 6717751-30 AND 6717751-49, WERE REPLACED WITH NEW, THE SYSTEM BLED AND SERVICED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO REVENUE SERVICE.

ATA 3222

DURING CRUISE AT FL340, THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED A LOUD BANG WHICH WAS FOLLOWED UP WITH THE RED GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATING. FLIGHT CREW CONSULTING WITH MX CONTROL, ELECTED TO DIVERT WHERE THEY LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND THE NLG STRUT WAS BEYOND THE MAX EXTENSION, DUE TO THE ORIFICE & RETAINER BEARING HAD BACKED OFF, ALLOWING THE STRUT TO OVER EXTEND. THE NOSE STRUT WAS RESEALED & THE ORIFICE & RETAINER BEARING SECURED, IN ADDITION, THE NLG UPLOCK SWITCH, PN S3177-1, WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO ROUGH OPERATION. GEAR SWING FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED, WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. A SUCCESSFUL CONFIDENCE FLIGHT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

ATA 2910

WHILE HOLDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED THE MASTER CAUTION WARNING & A HYD VOLUME LOW A CAS MSG. THEY NOTICED THE A SIDE HYD QTY INDICATING 16 PERCENT & DECREASING AT A RATE OF APPROX 1 PERCENT EVERY 2 - 5 SECONDS. THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED & THE ENGS WERE SHUT DOWN. A CREW MEMBER EXITED THE ACFT TO ENSURE NO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS EXISTED. HE FOUND THE LEAK COMING FROM UNDER THE LT PYLON ADJACENT TO THE FUSELAGE. A LARGE POOL OF FLUID WAS ON THE GND & A DRIP TRAIL FOLLOWING THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS TOWED TO A MX FACILITY FOR INSPECTION & REPAIR. THE LEFT HYD PRESS LINE UNION BETWEEN THE LT HYD OVERLOAD PRESS VLV & PRESS TRANSDUCER O RING FROM THE UNION PROTRUDING OUT. THE O RING, PN NAS1612-10A, WAS REPLACED, SYS SERVICED & LEAK CHECKED WITH NO LEAKS OR OTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

ATA 2797

CLIMBING THROUGH 2000 MSL ON DEPARTURE, ENROUTE, FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED AN AMBER PITCH FEEL FAIL MESSAGE. DIVERTED. THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE UNEVENTFUL. DURING INSPECTION, TWO PINS ON CIRCUIT BOARD NK122 WERE BENT. PINS WERE REALIGNED, PCB REINSTALLED, AND AN OPS CHECK OF THE SYS WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO SERVICE.

ATA 2730

DURING LANDING WITH THE AUTOPILOT OFF, FLIGHT CREW NOTED THAT THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FELT EXTREMELY HEAVY. LANDING COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. DURING TAXI IN, FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECKED AGAIN AND NOTED THE PITCH EXTREMELY HARD TO MOVE, TAKING NOTABLE FORCE TO MOVE CONTROL COLUMN FORWARD AND AFT. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. BOTH ENGINES RUNNING AND A FLIGHT CONTROL CHECK CONDUCTED AGAIN AND NOTED THE PITCH WAS STILL EXTREMELY HARD TO MOVE. PULLED PITCH/ROLL DISCONNECT HANDLE. ONCE DONE, LT ELEVATOR MOVED FREELY AS DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS AND RT ELEVATOR WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO MOVE. DISCOVERED THAT THE RT PITCH FEEL LINEAR ACTUATOR WAS FAILED IN THE EXTENDED POSITION.