Service difficulty report · Seal · Skrsky S76A

Difficulty date
February 11, 2003
Submitted
May 27, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Skrsky S76A
Aircraft time
12,396 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C30S
Part
Seal
Part number
23063371
Condition
Disintegrated
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) UPON INSTALLATION OF OVERHAULED ENGINE, DURING INITIAL GROUND RUN, AME NOTICED EXCESSIVE OIL LEAK FROM OIL COOLER BLOWER PAD (FRONT SPARE ACCESSORY DRIVE PAD). ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN.UPON INSPECTION, WHEN OIL COOLER BLOWER WAS REMOVED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RESERVOIR WASFULL OF OIL AND THE SEAL HAD APPROXIMATELY .333 OF ITS LIP EITHER CRACKED OR MISSING (SEE ATTACHED PHOTO). IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SEAL HAD BEEN MODIFIED TO P/N 23063371 IAW CEB 72-3260, BY REMOVINGTHE SEAL SPRING.IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD UNDERGONE A FULL TEST BUT THE SEAL FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DISCOVERED BECAUSE THE SPARE ACCESSORY PAD WAS BLANKED OFF AND SEALED.