Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 8, 2009
Submitted
August 10, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N397BC
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
560XL5291
Aircraft time
2,642 hours, 1,647 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Engine time
2,103 hours, 1,647 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
31J1900
Part serial
PCEDB0686
Condition
Reads High
Location
Left
Part time
2,103 hours, 1,647 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

LT ENG WAS INSTALLED ON THIS ACFT, 22 HOURS OF FLIGHT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. 3 DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT LT ENG EXPERIENCED A 15-20PSI RISE IN OIL PRESSURE. ON MORNING OF INCIDENT FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED NO OIL SHOWING IN SIGHT GLASS. CONTACTED MX WHO INFORMED THEM TO OPERATE ENG AND CHECK OIL LEVEL AFTER RUNNING FOR 20 MIN AT 75-80 INCH N1. 1.7QTS OF OIL WERE ADDED TO ENG TO BRING OIL LEVEL UP TO MIN LEVEL. PILOT ELECTED TO TEST FLY ACFT PRIOR TO MAKING TRIP WITH PASSENGERS ONBOARD. 20 MIN INTO TEST FLIGHT, LT RENTAL ENG EXPERIENCED A 15-20 PSI RISE IN OIL PRESSURE. SHORTLY AFTER RISE, OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. ENG WAS SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT AND ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE ON 1 ENG WITHOUT INCIDENT. OIL WAS FOUND ON OUTSIDE OF ENG IN BYPASS DUCT INSIDE EXHAUST NOZZLE AND POOLED BEHIND FAN AND IN INTERMEDIATE CASE. MX FROM MFG ARRIVED ON 8/9/2009 TO REPLACE LT ENG WITH ANOTHER RENTAL UNIT PROVIDE BY MFG. THE OIL WAS DRAINED FROM THE ENG AND ONLY 4 QUARTS OF OIL WERE NOTED REMOVED FROM ENG. ENG WILL BE RETURNED TO MFG FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR.

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