Service difficulty report · Engine · Amd FALCON2000EX

Difficulty date
June 18, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000EX
Engine
Pwc PW307A
Part
Engine
Condition
Warning Message
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) SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE CREW GOT AN OIL FILTER CAUTION MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE OF 20 PSI. POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE AND FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE WITH ENGINES RUNNING. DURING THIS SEQUENCE, THE OIL PRESSURE CONTINUED TO DROP INTO THE YELLOW THEN RED BAND JUST BEFORE SHUTDOWN, AT WHICH TIME THE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT CAME ON. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND METAL CONTAMINATION ON THE CHIP DETECTOR AND OIL FILTER, IDENTIFIED AS M50 MATERIAL. ENGINE TO BE REMOVED AND FORWARDED FOR REPAIRS.