SDR 95ZZZX5047

Service difficulty report · Seal · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
August 15, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N600TP
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0128E
Part
Seal
Part number
369H8308
Condition
Cracked
Location
Oil Tank
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT FLEW 2.2 HOURS ON DRUG SURVEILLANCE FLIGHT. UPON RETURN TO BASE, PILOT NOTED ON POST-FLIGHT, A LARGE PUDDLE OF OIL FORMING ON RAMP UNDER FIREWALL AREA. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION EXPOSED A CRACKED RUBBER 'SEAL' COUPLING BETWEEN OIL FILLER CAP AND OIL TANK. THIS IS HIGH TEMPERATURE/HIGH PRESSURE AREA. CRACK COULD HAVE RESULTED IN TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. SUBMITTER STATED PART SHOULD BE TIME-CHANGE ITEM AT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 HOUR INTERVALS. PART CANNOT BE EXAMINED ON PRE-FLIGHT, OR PROPERLY INSPECTED AT 100-HOUR INSPECTIONS.

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