Service difficulty report · Oil System · Diamon DA20A1

Difficulty date
July 30, 2009
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20A1
Aircraft time
5,264 hours
Engine
Rotax ROTAX912F3
Propeller
Hofman HOV352F
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

A STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED AN OVERSHOOT OF THE RUNWAY AS REQUESTED BY TOWER AND EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENG WHICH GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL THE ENG QUIT, STUDENT WAS ABLE TO LAND ON THE RUNWAY. PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF ENG FAILURE WAS DUE TO LACK OF OIL. ENG RAN ROUGH UNTIL IT SEIZED. UNDETERMINED YET IS THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF OIL.

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