SDR CA150927002

Service difficulty report · Engine

Difficulty date: September 8, 2015
Submitted: April 22, 2016
Operation: General aviation
Engine: Pwc PW127F
System (JASC): 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
Part: Engine
Condition: Making Metal
Stage of operation: DE
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING THE LAST WEEK, THERE WERE SOME REPORTS OF OIL ODOR IN COCKPIT WHEN PL ARE RETARDED TO FI FOR DESCENT IN THE SUBJECT ACFT. A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AS THE LAST STEP IN THE TROUBLESHOOTING IN THE GAS GENERATOR CASE AREA, P2.5 AND P3 LOCATIONS, WITH EVIDENCE OF OIL CONTAMINATION, PROBABLY COMING FROM THE NR 5 BEARING, ALSO THE AIR SWITCHING VALVE WAS REPLACED.