Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
March 3, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
O-Ring
Part number
AS3209014
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Lt Engine Pcu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, 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) APPROXIMATELY .5 HOUR INTO A FLIGHT, THE LT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE GAUGE READING. THE LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT AND THE ACFT RETURNED WITHOUT INCIDENT TO AIRPORT. AFTER INVESTIGATION BY THE ENGINEER IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENGINE HAD AN OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE PROPELLER PITCH CONTROL UNIT MOUNTING PAD ON THE BACK OF THE REDUCTION GEAR BOX. THE MOUNTING PAD WAS REMOVED AND AN O-RING ON 1 OF THE TRANSFER TUBES WAS FOUND TO BE BADLY DETERIORATED.