SDR 95ZZZX564

Service difficulty report · Pick-Up Tube

Difficulty date
January 17, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N88065
Engine
Lyc IO320E2B
Part
Pick-Up Tube
Part number
21932
Condition
Cracked
Location
Invert Oil Sys
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE OIL PICK-UP TUBE, PN 2-1932, WHICH IS PART OF THE INVERTED OIL SYSTEM OF STC 3E7CE, IS CRACKED THROUGH THREE-FOURTHS OF ITS CIRCUMFERENCE ABOUT 1.50 INCHES FROM THE END TO WHICH THE SWINGING PICK-UP IS ATTACHED. CRACK WAS FOUND WHEN THE STC REQUIRED INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED (EVERY 400 HOURS). SUBMITTER HAD CHECKED THIS STC AT 525 HOURS TT AND 925 HOURS TT AND NO CRACKS WERE FOUND. NO OTHER PROBLEMS EXISTED ON THIS STC AT THAT TIME (1250 HOURS TT).