SDR 96ZZZX1523

Service difficulty report · Crankcase Nut · Cessna 421B

Difficulty date
November 20, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N400BJ
Make and model
Cessna 421B
Aircraft serial
421B0819
Engine
Cont GTSIO520H
Part
Crankcase Nut
Part number
634505
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATION DURING FLIGHT, BUT NEVER OUT OF GREEN ARC. UPON LANDING, NOTED ENGINE HAD HAD A MAJOR OIL LEAK. UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND ONE OF THE THROUGH-BOLT NUTS HAD CRACKED, THIS WAS LOCATED ON THE FWD LOWER PART OF THE CASE. THE ENGINE HAD LOST ALMOST 6 QUARTS OF 0.1 ON A ONE-HOUR FLIGHT. LOOKING AT NUT WITH A 10-POWER MAGNIFYING GLASS, NOTED A LOT OF MACHINING MARKS LEFT ON IT.

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