Service difficulty report · Oil System · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
February 18, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Engine
Pwc PW545B
Part
Oil System
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) LOW OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWING T/O AT FL130, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND THE OIL PRESSURE CAME BACK NORMAL, HOWEVER UPON RE-ADVANCING THE THROTTLE, THE WARNING CAME BACK ON. POWER WAS REDUCED, EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE POINT OF ORIGIN WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE.

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