Service difficulty report · Fitting · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 2, 2001
Submitted
February 1, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
31,715 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Fitting
Part number
28E997
Condition
Leaking
Location
Oil Cooler
Part time
12,748 hours, 13,327 cycles
Component
Oil Cooler · Pwa · PW120A
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) ON JAN 02/2001 CREW OF A/C C-GTAF, S/N 087 ABORTED ITS TAKEOFF OUT OF GRAND PRAIRE (YQU) DUE TO ILLUMINATED OF NR 2 OIL PRESSURE LIGHT DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. A/C RETURNED TO GATE WITH NO FURTHER INCID. TO RPT. CRA CONTRA CTED ENGINEER FROM SWAN AERO 2000 TO INSPECT A/C. INIT INSP REVEALED LOW OIL QUANTITY. OIL LEVEL TOPPED UP & GROUND RUNS WERE COMPLETED. POST RUN UP INSP FOUND LEAK AT INBOARD OIL COOLER CONNECTION. CARA ENG INEER SENT TO YQU WITH PARTS & FURTHER INSP. MAINT FOUND CAUSE OF LEAK TO BE O-RING IN OIL COOLER BYPASS VALVE. PARTS WERE REPL&A/C GROUND CHECKED FOR LEAKS.A/C RT-SRV WITH NO FURTHER I NCIDENTS TO RPT.