Service difficulty report · Drive Assy · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
August 16, 2007
Submitted
January 3, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3796C
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B0803
Aircraft time
8,026 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520E
Part
Drive Assy
Condition
Sheared
Location
Vacuum Sys
Component
Vacuum Sys
Component part number
3P207JA
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED OIL STREAMING FROM THE TOP OF THE LT ENGINE COWL. THE OIL PRESSURE WAS STILL IN THE NORMAL OPERATING RANGE AND THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY. AS A PRECAUTION, THE LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED. THE PILOT DEVIATED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT WHERE HE MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WET SYSTEM VACUUM PUMP DRIVE HAD SHEARED AND CAUSED THE GARLOCK SEAL TO DISINTEGRATE, ALLOWING OIL TO SEEP PAST.

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