SDR 99ZZZX2380

Service difficulty report · Tube · Cessna 177RG

Difficulty date
June 7, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2591V
Make and model
Cessna 177RG
Aircraft serial
177RG0627
Part
Tube
Part number
20500111
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Engine Sump
Part time
4,893 hours
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
R, K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER 15 MINUTES FLIGHT TIME OF 1ST FLT AFTER ANNUAL, PILOT NOTICED PROP OVERSPEEDING AND ENG OIL PRESS DROPPING TO ZERO. PILOT ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFUL PARTIAL POWER, DOWNWIND, EMERG LANDING. ENG STOPPED WHEN ACFT HAD CLEARED RUNWAY. ENG COMPT AND BELLY COVERED WITH OIL, NO OIL SHOWED ON THE DIPSTICK. NO LEAKS FOUND. DRAIN VALVE FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. WHILE CHECKING OIL QUICK DRAIN, NOTED ATTACHED OIL DRAIN TUBE, PN 2050011-1, HAD A DENT ON LOWER END AND THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNION HAD FRESHLY CHIPPED PAINT ON UPPER LT PORTION. OIL DRAIN TUBE BECAME LOOSE UNDER VIBRATION AND AIR LOAD, FOULED NOSE GEAR TRUNNION. WITH NOSE GEAR FULLY RETRACTED, OIL QUICK DRAIN FORCED OPEN ALLOWING ALL OIL TO VENT OVERBOARD.

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