Service difficulty report · Engine · Dhav DHC4A

Difficulty date
January 14, 2013
Submitted
January 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N238PT
Make and model
Dhav DHC4A
Aircraft serial
238
Aircraft time
5,701 hours, 5,013 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Engine time
1,174 hours, 1,004 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Overheated
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

10 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE EXPERIENCE NR 2 ENGINE OVER OIL TEMP. CREW REDUCED POWER ON NR 2 ENGINE, OIL OVER TEMP OCCURRED AGAIN, CREW THEN INITIATED AND COMPLETED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN. REMOVED AND INSPECTED ENGINE OIL FILTER WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, REPLACED OIL FILTER AS A PRECAUTION. REMOVED, CLEANED, INSPECTED, AND RE-SECURED OIL TEMP TRANSMITTER CONNECTOR. PERFORMED AN EXTENDED GROUND RUN, OIL TEMP AND ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS INCLUDING OIL PRESSURE ARE ALL WITHIN LIMITS. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL AT THIS TIME, NO LEAKS NOTED. ALL MX DONE IAW MM 72-00-00, 79-00-00, 79-20-20.