SDR 2025F00229

Service difficulty report · Engine · Bnorm BN2A

Difficulty date
August 15, 2025
Submitted
September 24, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bnorm BN2A
Aircraft serial
0885
Aircraft time
22,847 hours, 55,891 cycles
Engine
Lyc O540E4C5
Engine time
9,806 hours
Part
Engine
Part number
O540E4C5
Part serial
RL1792640
Condition
Failed
Location
Left
Part time
10,006 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

FLT NUMBER: DVR023, ENGINE FAILURE AND EMERGENCY LANDING. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM BON, THE CREW EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE AND OBSERVED A DECREASING OIL PRESSURE ON THE LEFT-HAND (LH) ENGINE. DUE TO THESE CRITICAL INDICATIONS, A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN WAS PERFORMED AND A MAYDAY CALL WAS ISSUED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BON FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND THE AFFECTED LH ENGINE WAS FEATHERED PRIOR TO LANDING. THE LH ENGINE WAS DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE (U/S) AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED. A DUPLICATE INSPECTION, INCLUDING A RETURN TO SERVICE INSPECTION (RII), WAS PERFORMED ON THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE. A MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT (MDR) WAS SUBMITTED ACCORDING TO CCAR 5.4.1.5, 3 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE CURACAO CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (CCAA) IS CURRENTLY AWAITING A TEARDOWN REPORT FOLLOWING THE OVERHAUL OF THE AFFECTED ENGINE, WHICH WILL BE SENT TO THE OVERHAUL FACILITY. LYCOMING WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND FOLLOW-UP.