What was found
ENGINE DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK. PROBLEM FOUND TO BE A BROKEN BASE-TO-BODY ATTACH STUD ON THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR OF THE FOUR STUDS. ONE WAS BROKEN, AND ONE AN31-5 NUT WAS SLIGHTLY LOOSE. ALL 4 AN310-5 NUTS WERE SAFETIED.
- Difficulty date
- July 15, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N511BW
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC3
- Aircraft serial
- 35
- System (JASC)
- 6122 · Propeller Governor
- Part
- Stud
- Part number
- 53914
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Prop Gov
- Component
- 4B21
- 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.