Service difficulty report · Indication Sys · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
January 27, 2006
Submitted
January 30, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49404
Aircraft time
47,173 hours, 30,496 cycles
Part
Indication Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Oil System
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF DURING LEFT ENGINE START, THE LEFT OIL QUANTITY INDICATOR WAS 12 QUARTS AND AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED THE INDICATION WAS 8 QUARTS. THE OIL QUANTITY LEVEL WAS CHECKED, THE ENGINE WAS CHECKED FOR LEAK AND THE OIL QUANTITY CONNECTOR WAS CLEANED IAW MM 79-33-01, ALL CORRECT.

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