Service difficulty report · B-Nut · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
January 26, 2009
Submitted
January 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N642BR
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7356
Aircraft time
19,730 hours, 16,346 cycles
Engine
Ge CF343B1
Engine time
21,131 hours, 17,490 cycles
Part
B-Nut
Condition
Loose
Location
Scavenge Pump
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, K, 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

FLIGHT 5542, IAH TO MOB - DURING CLIMB, THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE E2 VIBRATIONS WERE HIGH AND THERE WAS AN INDICATION FOR LOW OIL PRESSURE. E2 WAS THEN SHUT-DOWN AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO IAH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND A LOOSE B-NUT FROM THE LUBE AND SCAVENGE PUMP. THE B-NUT WAS RE-SECURED AND THE OIL WAS SERVICED. E2 WAS THEN RUN AND THE OIL PRESSURE AND VIBES WERE BOTH WITHIN LIMITS.