Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 207

Difficulty date
September 28, 2016
Submitted
October 1, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N207VA
Make and model
Cessna 207
Aircraft serial
20700291
Aircraft time
24,501 hours
Engine
Cont IO520F
Engine time
1,558 hours
Part
Engine
Part number
IO520F
Part serial
814792R
Condition
Damaged
Part time
1,558 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, R, K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APPROX 2 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PAKN I NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND BEGAN TO HEAD BACK THE AIRPORT. APPROX 30 SEC AFTER THE FIRST INDICATION OF SMOKE I HAD APPROXIMATELY A 50% REDUCTION IN POWER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. BEFORE LANDING I WAS AT FULL POWER AND DESCENDING SLOWLY. I WAS ABLE TO LAND SAFELY ON 18 AND TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE RAMP AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS A LARGE OIL STREAM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND THERE WAS A SMALL TRAIL OF OIL FOLLOWING THE AIRCRAFT. WE HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT FROM THE OIL LOSS IN THE ENGINE.

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