Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 510

Difficulty date
October 9, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 510
Engine
Pwa PW6000*
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 FLIGHT IN CRUISE AT FL380 IN ICE CONDITION, A RED X INDICATION APPEARED IN THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION. PILOT FOLLOWED PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK ABNORMAL PROCEDURE AND FOUND NO FURTHER ABNORMALITIES INDICATIONS. PILOT TRIED RESETTING EEC. NO EFFECT ON INDICATION. AFTER COMMUNICATION WITH CESSNA OVER SATELLITE PHONE, THE PILOT ELECTED DIVERTING TO A CESSNA CITATION CENTER. DURING DESCENT, AT FL170, MOP INDICATION REAPPEARED AND FROM FL170 TO LANDING, MOP INDICATIONS FLASHED A FEW TIMES. CESSNA MAINTENANCE CREW WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. TROUBLESHOOTING ONGOING.

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