C402 pilot reported hydraulic system malfunction.

Attributes
ACN	1573649
Time
Date	201808
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Indicating and Warning - Hydraulics
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

During flight the hydflow lights started to flicker. Knowing what is coming; I sat gear down; performed the QRH; got 3 green down and locked. [I] ended up blowing the bottle; landed safe and sound; wrote on the can; [and] called maintenance control.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C402 pilot reported hydraulic system malfunction.

Narrative: During flight the HYDFLOW lights started to flicker. Knowing what is coming; I sat gear down; performed the QRH; got 3 green down and locked. [I] ended up blowing the bottle; landed safe and sound; wrote on the can; [and] called Maintenance Control.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.