Service difficulty report · Carbon Seal · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
April 17, 2008
Submitted
March 26, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N760PT
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500260
Aircraft time
1,100 hours, 590 cycles
Engine
Rroyce AE3007C1
Engine time
1,100 hours, 590 cycles
Part
Carbon Seal
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Part time
1,100 hours, 590 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B, J
Precautionary procedure
G

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

What was found

CREW CALLED IN AND REPORTED A LIGHT BLUE HAZE AND OIL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT THAT CLEARED WITHIN TWO MINUTES. ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT AND SENT FOR REPAIRS. AFTER INSP, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NR 0 CARBON SEAL CONTAINED SCRATCHES AND THE TEFLON LIP SEAL WAS NICKED. THE NR 0 SEAL ASSY WAS REPLACED. ALSO, THE NR 4 CARBON SEAL AND TEFLON LIP SEAL SHOWED EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE. THE NR 4 SEAL ASSY WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REASSEMBLED AND OPERATIONALLY TESTED WITH NO OIL SMELL BEING DETECTED. THE ENGINE WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE FOLLOWING CORRECTION OF AN UNRELATED VIBRATION DISCREPANCY.

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