Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Cirrus SR22

Difficulty date
July 20, 2020
Submitted
August 4, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N792PG
Make and model
Cirrus SR22
Aircraft serial
3372
Aircraft time
1,401 hours
Engine
Cont IO550N
Engine time
1,401 hours
Part
Check Valve
Condition
Separated
Location
Turbocharger
Part time
1,401 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AT CRUISE PILOT REALIZED A LOSS IN OIL PRESSURE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED. ON INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE LEFT TURBO OIL INLET CHECK VALVE HAD SHEARED OFF AT THE THREADS GOING INTO THE TURBO OIL INLET. THIS CAUSED MOST OF THE OIL TO BE DUMPED OVER BOARD ALONG WITH THE LOSS OF PRESSURE.

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