Service difficulty report · Carbon Seal · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
November 19, 2006
Submitted
December 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N301QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800010
Aircraft time
1,822 hours, 1,257 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW306B
Part
Carbon Seal
Part number
30B4645801
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
1,830 hours, 1,261 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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

RT ENG OIL PRESSURE BEGAN DROPPING AT FL310. ONCE IT REACHED BELOW 35 PSI THE THROTTLE WAS BROUGHT TO IDLE. ONCE THE OIL PRESSURE REACHED 15, THE THROTTLE WAS PUT INTO CUTOFF. ALL CAS MESSAGES AND EICAS INDICATIONS WERE PRESENT. EMER CL D5, B1 THEN CZ PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED. REMOVED RT ENG AC ALT. REMOVED SEAL P/N 30B46458-01. INSTALLED NEW SEAL P/N 307B458-01. INSTALLED AC ALT CLEANED OIL FROM COWLING. RESERVICED OIL. RAN ACFT TO POWER. OPS AND LEAK CK GOOD ALL IAW MM 72-60-01.