Service difficulty report · Pump · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
May 27, 2008
Submitted
July 1, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N970S
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
238
Engine
Garrtt TFE7313
Part
Pump
Part number
307194912
Part serial
7018
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine Oil
Part time
70 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

IAW MFG RECOMMENDATION, WE REMOVED THE ENGINE OIL PUMP, PN 3071949-11, AND INSTALLED PN 3071949-12 PUMP BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE (ENGINE HIDING OIL) NOT ABLE TO GET A PROPER OIL QUANITITY READING AFTER SHUTDOWN. MFG SAID THE PN 3071949-12 PUMP SHOULD CORRECT THAT, WHICH IT DID. THE PUMP WE INSTALLED PN 3071949-12, SN 7018, TSO 20 HOURS WITH A ZERO TIME SINCE REPAIRED 8130 FROM MFG TRACKING NR 41056, WO NR 877515-001, DATED 2-4-2008 WITH NO FAULT FOUND. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS, WE HAD WRITE UP OF OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATING. GROUND RUN AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE, SO WE SWAPPED OIL PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS AND GAUGE WITH OTHER ENGINES FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. THEN THE AIRCRAFT FLEW APPROXIMATELY 38 HOURS WITH EVERYTHING NORMAL. THEN OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATED WITH ASSOCIATED LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF (TWO DIFFERENT INDICATION SYSTEMS). CREW ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN ENGINE FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS. REPLACEMENT PUMP, PN 3071949-12, INSTALLED. NEXT FLIGHT WAS NORMAL. I HAVE QUESTIONED WHY THE PUMP SN 7018 WAS REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE AFTER 20 HOURS WITH NO FAULT FOUND.