Service difficulty report · Oil System · Piper PA31T

Difficulty date
February 16, 2004
Submitted
March 1, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31T
Aircraft time
9,594 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Oil System
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REDUCED ENG POWER FOR LANDING AFTER FIRST FLIGHT OF DAY, RT ENGINE PRESSURE DECREASE WAS OBSERVED. TECH DISCOVERED LARGE QUANTITY OF CARBON IN ENGINE OIL FILTER. ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO MFG FOR INVESTIGATION. ENGINE WAS DISSEMBLED AT THE (C FLANGE) FOR AN ITT PROBLEM. AFTER REASSEMBLY, ALL GROUND TESTS WERE PERFORMED AND AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND ENGINE OIL WAS ADDED. AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT CARBON DISCOVERED IN FILTER WAS MADE OF LITTLE BLACK STONES. FUNNEL THAT WAS USED TO ADD ENGINE OIL WAS LOCATED, INSPECTED AND CLEANED AND SAME LITTLE BLACK STONES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE FUNNEL. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE LITTLE BLACK STONES.

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