Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
May 2, 2011
Submitted
May 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560CF
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600040
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
O-Ring
Part number
AS3209140
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Oil Filter
Component
Oil Filter
Component part number
3036376
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACFT DEPARTED, ENROUTE, PILOT NOTED LT ENG OIL PRESSURE FALLING, PILOT MONITORED OIL PRESSURE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES, HE NOTED THE OIL PRESSURE WAS STILL FALLING. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE LT ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AFTER LANDING, MX TROUBLESHOT SQUAWK, FOUND AN O-RING THAT HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED, WAS BROKEN IN HALF. FOLLOWED THE ENG MM TO RESOLVE THE ISSURE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.