Service difficulty report · Gasket · Cessna 421B

Difficulty date
April 12, 2007
Submitted
April 30, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N42776
Make and model
Cessna 421B
Aircraft serial
421B0394
Engine
Cont GTSIO520H
Part
Gasket
Part number
652065
Condition
Broken
Location
Oil Cooler
Part time
322 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A CHARTER , PILOT WAS OVER LAKE WHEN HE NOTICED ENGINE OIL COMING OUT OF TOP ENGINE COWLING COOLING LOUVERS. PILOT NOTIFIED CONTROL HE WAS LOSING OIL. FEATHERED THE RT ENGINE AND DIVERTED . PILOT MADE UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AND TAXIED TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR. DISCOVERED THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED AND THE COWLING AND NACESSE BOTTOM COVERED WITH OIL. STARTED DISASSEMBLY AND FOUND THE OIL COOLER GASKET, PN 652065, HAD .1250 INCH SECTION MISSING FROM THE UPPER FORWARD AREA OF THE GASKET. (K)

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