Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Gulstm GVSPG500

Difficulty date
October 16, 2022
Submitted
October 20, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N500XX
Make and model
Gulstm GVSPG500
Aircraft serial
72040
Aircraft time
975 hours, 610 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW617FE
Engine time
969 hours, 607 cycles
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
33B3197
Part serial
SFKF010187
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 400
Part time
969 hours, 607 cycles
Component
Turbofan Engine · Pwc · PW800
Component part number
PW814GA
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

CREW DEPARTED OUT OF KMMU. OIL PRESSURE INDICATION ON #2 ENGINE INDICATING ZERO AFTER WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. CREW PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN AND FOLLOWED THE SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST. CREW LEVELED OFF AROUND FL200 AFTER NOTIFYING ATC AND CONTINUED WITH CHECKLIST. BECAUSE THE #2 FAN WAS WINDMILLING, CREW NOTICED OIL WAS INDICATING LOW OIL PRESSURE. THEY ELECTED TO PERFORM A RESTART. AFTER START, OIL PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. CHECKLIST CALLED FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BUT THE JET WAS 17,000 OVER LANDING WEIGHT. THEY CALCULATED THE LANDING CAN BE MADE IN ST. LUIS, KCPS FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. GULFSTREAM MAINTENANCE REPLACED #2 ENGINE PRESSURE SWITCH. REMOVED AND INSPECTED OIL FILTERS AND CHIP DETECTORS. FINDINGS IN THE OIL FILTER AND CHIP DETECTORS WERE NORMAL AND NO FOD FOUND. JET WAS RELEASED BY GULFSTREAM ON OCTOBER 17TH. PRESSURE SWITCH RIGHT ENGINE P/N 33B3197. S/N OFF SFKF010187. S/N ON SFKS010269. ENGINES ON THIS DROPDOWN FORM WERE NOT A CHOICE FOR PW800.