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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Dassault-Breguet DA20 · St. Louis, MO · September 29, 2015

Date
September 29, 2015 · 03:22 local
Place
St. Louis, MO
Airport
St. Louis Lambert Internationa
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DJSA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N471FL
Reported as
Dassault-Breguet DA20
Reported engine
GE CF700-2D-2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
19,160 total5,060 in this make and model176 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

The aircraft lost left engine oil pressure in cruise flight. The crew elected to complete a left engine precautionary shutdown. The aircraft diverted to St. Louis Lambert international airport (kstl) without incident. The company mechanic found the left engine hydraulic pump drive pad seal leaking engine oil. The seal was replaced and a leak check was performed with no further defects.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT LOST LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE CREW ELECTED TO COMPLETE A LEFT ENGINE PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO ST. LOUIS LAMBERT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSTL) WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE COMPANY MECHANIC FOUND THE LEFT ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP DRIVE PAD SEAL LEAKING ENGINE OIL. THE SEAL WAS REPLACED AND A LEAK CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS.