Service difficulty report · Oil Filter · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
November 23, 2007
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft time
42,726 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Oil Filter
Part number
1111065
Condition
Restricted
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN AS A PRECAUTION, OIL PRESSURE INDICATION FLUCTUATING IN FLIGHT. OIL FILTER APPEARED CLEAN BUT WAS RESTRICTING FLOW AS TO WHERE IT WAS CAUSING OIL BYPASS IN THE FILTER HOUSING, WHICH CAUSED THE ERRONEOUS INDICATIONS. (TC NR 20071204010)