SDR 98ZZZX3035

Service difficulty report · Hose · Gulstm AA5B

Difficulty date
June 18, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4542L
Make and model
Gulstm AA5B
Aircraft serial
AA5B1320
Engine
Lyc O360A4K
Part
Hose
Part number
55000065
Condition
Collapsed
Location
Eng Crankcase.
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
E, R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT NOTED LOST OIL PRESSURE. HE CONTACTED ATC WHO DIRECTED HIM TO NEAREST AIRPORT. THE ENGINE KEPT DETERIORATING AND WHEN PILOT HAD THE FIELD MADE, SHUT ENGINE DOWN TO AVOID A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ENGINE HAD NO OIL; IT HAD USED 7 QUARTS IN 3 HRS OF OPERATION. DISCOVERED INNER WALL OF BREATHER HOSE HAD COLLAPSED CAUSING CRANKCASE TO PRESSURIZE. FLETCH AIR INC, SB 187, ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE. IT HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON THIS ACFT. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDED AN AD BE ISSUED REQUIRING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SB.