Service difficulty report · Seal · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
March 16, 2006
Submitted
June 22, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft time
5,125 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A21
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Seal
Part number
311466001
Condition
Damaged
Location
Propeller
Part time
1 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

IN CRUISE 16,000 FT, NOTICED OIL LEAK ON TOP RT FWD ENG COWL. LEAK PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE, PILOTS ELECTED TO RETURN TO BASE. EVEN THOUGH ENG OIL TEMP AND PRESS NORM, PILOTS SHUTDOWN RT ENG. CREW DECLARED EMERG. BECAUSE QTY OF OIL LOST, PROP SHAFT SEAL SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. RT PROP SEAL HAD BEEN REPLACED 2 DAYS EARLIER DUE TO OIL LEAKAGE IN NOSE CASE AREA. MX FOUND FAULTY PROP SEAL WAS WRONG P/N. BY TIME OF DISCOVERY OUR P & W FSR WAS ON SITE, WENT BACK TO OUR STORES AND PULLED THE REMAINING SEAL IN STOCK STAMPED 3114661-01, AND IT TO WAS WRONG PART INSIDE, (3114660-01). WITNESSED BY FSR. SEALS CAME FROM CPWA, PACKAGED ON 02/2000. BECAUSE OF LOSS OF OIL/AIR PRESSURE IN THE RGB, OIL WAS ALLOWED TO MIGRATE

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