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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Lancaster, PA · July 16, 2020

Date
July 16, 2020 · 08:40 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Lancaster Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
141A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1154F
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,700 total

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.

During climb out from lns the crew noticed an odor then saw oil pressure falling. Crew declared an emergency and turned back to lns. While on left base the propeller rotation stopped. Aircraft landed safely at lns. Upon further inspection by maintenance, an elbow fitting attach point was found to be broken on the oil pressure tube, this allowed it to shift forward and expose the o-ring seal at the oil pressure tube causing a rapid loss of engine oil. The root cause of the part failure is unknown at this time. The operator has contacted the manufacturer about the part failure. The aircraft landed safely at Lancaster Airport (lns).

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMB OUT FROM LNS THE CREW NOTICED AN ODOR THEN SAW OIL PRESSURE FALLING. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND TURNED BACK TO LNS. WHILE ON LEFT BASE THE PROPELLER ROTATION STOPPED. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT LNS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE, AN ELBOW FITTING ATTACH POINT WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN ON THE OIL PRESSURE TUBE, THIS ALLOWED IT TO SHIFT FORWARD AND EXPOSE THE O-RING SEAL AT THE OIL PRESSURE TUBE CAUSING A RAPID LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PART FAILURE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE OPERATOR HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE PART FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT LANCASTER AIRPORT (LNS).