Service difficulty report · Housing · Skrsky S76A

Difficulty date
August 23, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Skrsky S76A
Aircraft time
12,076 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C30S
Part
Housing
Part number
7635109008
Condition
Damaged
Location
Oil Jet Boss
Part time
419 hours
Component
Main Gearbox
Component part number
763510950004
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING MEDEVAC MISSION MASTER CAUTION LIGHT AND XMSN PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PRESSURE GAUGE WAS DROPPING RAPIDLY. PRESSURE THEN DROPPED TO ZERO. FLIGHT CREW MADE A PAN PAN CALL TO NEAREST ATC AND EXECUTED EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON INSP BY MX IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT LOSS OF TRANSMISSION OIL WAS DUE TO SEPARATION OF OIL JET FROM THE LOWER HSG OF MAIN TRANSMISSION . THE OIL JET WAS HELD BY A RETAINING RING IN A SLEEVE INSERTED INTO THE LWR HSG (SLEEVE INSERT) - THE SLEEVE SEPARATED FROM THE HSG. MGB COWLING PREVENTED THE OIL JET FROM ACTUALLY BREAKING FREE FROM THE MGB. MGB TSO=419.4 HRS, OIL JET PN 76351-09105.