Service difficulty report · Tube · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
August 15, 2006
Submitted
August 16, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1075T
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49724
Aircraft time
43,669 hours, 24,586 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
53,952 hours, 7,289 cycles
Part
Tube
Part number
7938314
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Engine Oil
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING, THE LT ENGINE (OIL PRESS LOW) LIGHT TURNED ON. CAPTAIN INFORMED THAT DURING CRUISE THE (OIL PRESS LOW) LIGHT TURNED ON, PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE AND LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. DURING MAINTENANCE REVIEW, THE OIL INDICATION WAS ZERO QUARTERS, THE ENGINE COWLINGS WERE WITH OIL EXCESS AND AN OIL LEAK WAS DETECTED IN DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH. 16 QUARTERS OF OIL WAS CHARGED AND ENGINE WAS RUN. AT 25 PSI OF PRESSURE, THE LEAK WAS EVIDENT ON A HYDRAULIC TUBE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH CONNECTION. HYDRAULIC TUBE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 79-30-00, ENGINE WAS RUN AND GCU WAS RESEATED, TESTED CORRECT.

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