Service difficulty report · Transfer Tube · Lkheed 188A

Difficulty date
May 9, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lkheed 188A
Aircraft time
52,235 hours
Engine
Allsn 501D13
Propeller
Allsn A6441FN606
Part
Transfer Tube
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Propeller
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) PROPELLER NOT REGULATING OIL PRESSURE IN FLIGHT. RPM WOULD SWING WITH POWER LEVER CHANGES. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AN O-RING AND BACK-UP RING COMBINATION INSTALLED ON AN INTERNAL TRANSFER TUBE ASSY IN THE PROPELLER HUB WERE REVERSED CAUSING THE O-RING TO CHATTER, A SUBSEQUENTLY WEAR WITH HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS AND THEN LEAK CAUSING A DROP IN HYDRAULIC GOVERNING PRESSURE.