Service difficulty report · Seal · Moravn Z242L

Difficulty date
January 25, 2009
Submitted
April 9, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Moravn Z242L
Aircraft time
8,358 hours
Engine
Lyc AEIO360A1B6
Propeller
Muhbr MTV9*
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) THE PILOT HAD TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE. THE PILOT DETECTED SOMETHING BURNING AND NOTICED OIL SPLATTER ON THE RT SIDE OF THE CANOPY GLASS. WHILE REVIEWING HIS PRECAUTIONARY LANDING INFO IN THE FLIGHT MANUAL HE OBSERVED THE ENG OIL PRESSURE HAD DROPPED INTO THE YELLOW AT WHICH TIME HE LINED UP FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON THE LAKE. DURING THE APPROACH THE ENG LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENG OIL HAD BEEN LOST THROUGH THE CRANKCASE TO CRANKSHAFT FRONT SEAL AND THAT THIS SEAL HAD DISLODGED APPROXIMATELY .3333 THE WAY AROUND OUT OF THE CRANKCASE. THE ENGINE OIL BREATHER SYS WAS INSPECTED FOR OBSTRUCTIONS INCLUDING ICE