Service difficulty report · Coupling · Gulstm G159

Difficulty date
September 29, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Gulstm G159
Aircraft time
11,033 hours
Engine
Rroyce DART5298X
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Coupling
Part number
159P1001975
Condition
Swollen
Location
Engine Oil
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AFTER LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LOST IN FLIGHT DUE TO OIL STARVATION. ACFT LANDED SAFELY ON CLOSEST AIRPORT. GROUND INSPECTION REVEILED THAT OIL STARVATION WAS CAUSED BY ENGINE BREATHER LINE COUPLING SWOLLEN AND CAUSED BREATHER RESTRICTION. THIS RESTRICTION CAUSED ENGINE INTERNAL PRESSURE BUILT-UP AND OIL ESCAPING THROUGH ENGINE BEARING LABYRINTH SEAL AND ACCESSORY GEARBOX OUTPUT SHAFT SEAL. NEGLIGIBLE OIL LEAK FOUND ON LT ENGINE COWLING BECAUSE MAJORITY OF OIL WAS INTERNALY BURNED IN ENGINE AND COULD NOT BE DETECTED IN-FLIGHT BY CREW. THE SWOLLEN BREATHER COUPLING, PN 159P10019-75, WAS A REPAIR ON LT ENGINE BREATHER LINE REAR SECTION DONE BEFORE 1997 AND IS NOT ORIGINAL OF BREATHER INSTALATION. THE COUPLING AFFECTED WAS REPLACED AND GROUND RUN-UP AND FLIGHT TEST REVEILED NO MORE OIL CONSOMPTION ON LT ENGINE. BOTH ENGINES BREATHER LINES WAS INSPECTED FOR DEFECTIVE COUPLING BEFORE MX RELEASE.