Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
January 17, 2018
Submitted
January 18, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4JB
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605125
Aircraft time
3,105 hours, 2,193 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Engine time
3,105 hours, 2,193 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Part number
AS3209011
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HRS LOCAL, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KAGC ENROUTE TO KHOU. AT TOP OF DESCENT, CREW NOTICED NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATING, BUT REMAINING WITHIN OPERATIONAL RANGE. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS (OIL TEMPERATURE, N1, N2, ITT) REMAINED STEADY. CREW REFERENCED ABNORMAL CHECKLIST WHICH INSTRUCTED THEM TO MONITOR UNLESS PRESSURE FALLS INTO CAUTION OR DANGER RANGE. INTO DESCENT CREW OBSERVED OIL PRESSURE PROGRESSIVELY DROP, STILL REMAINING ABOVE CAUTION RANGE. ASKED ATC FOR DIRECT ROUTE. NOTIFIED THAT APPROACH HAD DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO GET PRIORITY HANDLING. AIRCRAFT ARRIVED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NR 2 ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR HAD A DEFECTIVE ORING WHICH ALLOWED OIL TO DEPART THE ENGINE SUMP RESULTING IN THE FLUCTUATION. THE ORING WAS REPLACED, ENGINE OIL LEVEL WAS SERVICED, ENGINE AND COWLING CLEANED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE.

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