Service difficulty report · Oil System · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
November 2, 2020
Submitted
December 4, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N616KK
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
452129
Aircraft time
1,928 hours, 1,521 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE73140
Part
Oil System
Part number
30609642
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
DE
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

WE HAD TO MANUALLY SHUT THE LEFT ENGINE DOWN TO 616KK. ON DECENT THROUGH THE MID 30'S, WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A LEFT ENGINE PRESSURE SWING VARYING BETWEEN OVER 100 PSI TO AS LOW AS 20PSI. AT THIS TIME, WE ELECTED TO REDUCE THE POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE TO SEE IF IT WOULD STABILIZE, WHICH IT DID. INITIALLY, AS PILOT FLYING, I REDUCED THE LEFT THRUST LEVER TO JUST UNDER HALF POWER AND THE PSI LEVELED OUT MID TO HIGH 40'S. SHORTLY AFTER STABILIZING, IT BEGAN TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE TO THE LOW TO MID 20'S AND A CORRESPONDING LT OIL PRESS LOW CAS RED MESSAGE APPEARED. WE PROCEEDED TO RUN THE QRH CHECKLIST WHICH GAVE US THREE OPTIONS, NONE OF WHICH MATCHED THE LOW PSI AND TEMPERATURE WE WERE EXPERIENCING. AT THIS TIME DUE TO CREW DISCUSSION AND MATCHING THE QRH CHOICES AS BEST WE COULD, WE ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND MANUALLY SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE. WE LANDED IN MFE WITH NO ISSUE, WHICH WAS OUR FINAL DESTINATION FOR THE PASSENGERS.