Service difficulty report · Engine

Difficulty date
May 22, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Engine
Pwa PT6A27
Part
Engine
Condition
Making Metal
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOW OIL PRESSURE DURING CLIMB, THE CREW RECEIVED A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING FOLLOWED BY POWER LOSS. AN AIR TURNBACK WAS INITIATED AND THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. LOW OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM WAS DUPLICATED. FOLLOWING THE LAST RUN, GROUND INSP FOUND ALLOWABLE SLIGHT METAL CONTAMINATION OF THE OIL FILTER. GROUND RUNS WERE MADE AND THE TIC METALLIC DEBRIS WAS FOUND. THE ENGINE WILL BE REPLACED.