Service difficulty report · Oil System · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
November 15, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
54,416 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Oil System
Part number
45E042
Condition
Low
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
17,705 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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) JUST AFTER TAKEOFF THE NR 1 ENG OIL PRESS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED & THE OIL PRESS GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING BELOW 40 PSI. AN IN-FLIGHT ENG SHUTDOWN WAS CARRIED OUT & EMER DECLARED. THE ACFT SAFELY RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE ENG OIL LEVEL LOW, 3 LITERS OF OIL WERE ADDED & ENG RUNS CARRIED OUT. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. DURING THE MTC ENG RUNS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NR 1 ENG OIL TEMP WAS SLOW TO RISE & TOOK 10 MINUTES TO REACH 45C AS COMPARED WITH 3 MINUTES FOR THE NR 2 ENG. WHILE THIS ANOMALY IN ITSELF WOULD NOT CAUSE THE OIL PRESS FLUCTUATIONS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. AFTER THE ACFT RETURNED TO A BASE THE NR 1 ENG OIL TEMP CONTROL VLV WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. ACFT TSN 54272, CSN 58716. OIL TEMP CONTROL VLV PN 45E04-2, TSN 17705, CSN 19916, TSO 5081, CSO 5859, TSR 3255, CSR 3690.