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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Muncie, IN · March 4, 2005

Date: March 4, 2005 · 12:03 local
Place: Muncie, IN
Airport: Delaware County-Johnson Field
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N8033R
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N8033RRegistered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-7952065 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The left engines lost power and shut down. The aircraft diverted to mie and landed at 1211 central time without incident. Muncie aviation company maintenance personnel inspected the aircraft engine and found no oil showing on the dipstick. Maintenance also stated that the left engine oil cooler inlet line 'b' nut may have vibrated loose. Maintenance retorqued the 'b' nut. Maintenance removed the oil filter and examined it for contamination and found metal particles. Maintenance installed a new oil filter and serviced the engine and performed a ground run up. The engine maintained oil pressure for the first 15 minutes of operation and then the oil pressure started to drop. The engine was shut down and the oil filter was examined for contamination and metal particles were found. Further inspections waiting owners approval.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE LEFT ENGINES LOST POWER AND SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MIE AND LANDED AT 1211 CENTRAL TIME WITHOUT INCIDENT. MUNCIE AVIATION COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND FOUND NO OIL SHOWING ON THE DIPSTICK. MAINTENANCE ALSO STATED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE OIL COOLER INLET LINE 'B' NUT MAY HAVE VIBRATED LOOSE. MAINTENANCE RETORQUED THE 'B' NUT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE OIL FILTER AND EXAMINED IT FOR CONTAMINATION AND FOUND METAL PARTICLES. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED A NEW OIL FILTER AND SERVICED THE ENGINE AND PERFORMED A GROUND RUN UP. THE ENGINE MAINTAINED OIL PRESSURE FOR THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF OPERATION AND THEN THE OIL PRESSURE STARTED TO DROP. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE OIL FILTER WAS EXAMINED FOR CONTAMINATION AND METAL PARTICLES WERE FOUND. FURTHER INSPECTIONS WAITING OWNERS APPROVAL.