Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Cessna U206G

Difficulty date
December 11, 2015
Submitted
June 13, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna U206G
Aircraft time
15,181 hours
Engine
Cont IO550N
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
10281A
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mount
Part time
804 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS TYPE OF OIL COOLER ON CONTENTIAL IO-550-N ENGINES. THE COOLERS ARE CRACKING ON THE BAFFLE FLANGE AND MORE CRITICALLY ON THE MOUNTING FLANGE. NO OIL LEAK HAD DEVELOPED YET, BUT THE MOUNTING FLANGE CRACK WAS NEAR A MAIN OIL PORT AND HAD THE POTENTIAL TO LEAK OIL, HAD THE CRACK DEVELOPED FURTHER. (TC# 20151217013)

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