Service difficulty report · Turbocharger · Piper PA31325

Difficulty date
May 25, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA31325
Aircraft time
8,034 hours
Engine
Lyc LTIO540F2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Turbocharger
Part number
LW12689
Part serial
JHR00548
Condition
Leaking
Location
Right
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) TOWER NOTED SMOKE RIGHT AFTER LANDING. INSP FOUND OIL FILTER HOUSING GASKET TO BE LEAKING. GASKET, N06B23072, WAS REPLACED AND A GROUND RUN WAS CARRIED OUT, NO MORE LEAKS WERE FOUND. ACFT WAS FLOWN & THEN FLOWN BACK TO BASE (5MIN AWAY). THE NEXT DAY IT WAS FLOWN BACK TO CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS NO MORE OIL LEAKING. SECOND INSP FOUND THAT THERE WAS STILL OIL LEAKING. RT TURBO WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE. TURBOCHARGER WAS R & R. ACFT WAS GROUND RUN & A SATISFACTORY FLIGHT TEST WAS CARRIED OUT IAW SB 23.

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