Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
December 30, 2004
Submitted
January 3, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N775TA
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK276
Aircraft time
3,921 hours, 3,214 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Engine time
3,921 hours, 3,179 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
JT15D5
Part serial
PCEJA0322
Condition
Underserviced
Location
Left
Part time
3,921 hours, 3,179 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O, THE LT ENGINE OIL PRESS GAUGE HAD DROPPED TO ZERO IND. WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED THE LT ENGINE OIL TEMP HAD INCREASED. THE LT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND AN EMERG DECLARED. NO YELLOW OR RED ANNUNCIATORS HAD ILLUMINATED. A/C HAD DIVERTED TO KPFN AND LANDED SAFELY. MX INSPECTED THE WIRING FROM THE OIL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER AND FOUND NO DEFECTS. THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGES WERE SWAPPED FROM LT TO RT AND WERE FOUND TO BE OPS. GAUGES WERE SWAPPED BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS. THE LT ENGINE OIL WAS FOUND TO BE OVER TWO QUARTS LOW. OIL WAS REPLENISHED TO MAX COLD LEVEL. ENGINE WAS RAN AND OIL PRESSURE HAD INCREASED AS REQUIRED. NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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