Service difficulty report · Elbow · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
July 30, 2016
Submitted
August 9, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N897FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
0227
Aircraft time
10,774 hours, 16,665 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Part
Elbow
Part number
310365501
Condition
Fractured
Location
Engine Oil
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ON START UP OF THE AIRCRAFT, AN OIL LEAK FROM THE FORWARD ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS NOTICED. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE OIL RETURN TUBE ELBOW AND APPLICABLE O-RINGS IAW PT6-114A MM 79-20-01. GROUND RUN UP FOR OPS OF LEAK CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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