Service difficulty report · Oil System · Amtr KR2

Difficulty date
November 30, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Amtr KR2
Aircraft time
1 hours
Engine
Pwc PW127F
Part
Oil System
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
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) AN IFSD DUE TO OIL LOW PRESSURE OCCURRED DURING FLIGHT. AN OIL LEAK WAS FOUND AT THE PROPELLER VALVE MODULE, PVM, ENGINE INTERFACE. THIS IS A RECURRENT ISSUE ON THIS ENGINE AND FOR LAST EVENT ATR AND ENGINE MFG RECOMMENDED THE INSPECTION OF THE OIL TRANSFER TUBE BORE. OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THEY FOUND NOTHING ABNORMAL. THIS TIME THEY FOUND A DIMENSIONAL ANOMALY ON THE OIL TRANSFER TUBE BORE, REDUCTION GEARBOX SIDE. ENGINE MFG HAS RECOMMENDED REMOVING THE ENGINE FOR REPAIR.