Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 13, 2010
Submitted
February 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N699QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605199
Aircraft time
7,540 hours, 5,944 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Engine time
5,209 hours, 4,165 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
31J190001
Part serial
PCEDB0655
Condition
Smoke
Part time
5,209 hours, 4,165 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
E, B, G, A

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

What was found

ABOUT 3 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING AND CLIMBING TO 10,000 FT WE GOT A MASTER WARNING LIGHT AND A R OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR. ALSO, OBSERVED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE TAPE ON THE RT SIDE WAS AT THE BOTTOM IN THE RED. SECONDS AFTER WE SMELLED SMOKE AND THE PASSENGER YELLED TO US THAT IT WAS "FOGGING UP" IN THE BACK, MANUALLY DROPPED THE PASSENGER MASKS AND AGREED THAT WE SHOULD SHUTDOWN THE RT ENGINE, AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN, THE SMELL AND SMOKE DISSIPATED AND WE WERE VECTORED FOR AN ILS APPROACH BACK TO DEPARTURE. EMERGENCY VEHICLES DIDN'T OBSERVE AND OUTWARD SIGNS OF SMOKE SO WE TAXIED ON THE LT ENGINE BACK TO THE RAMP. THE OIL LEVEL INDICATES FULL AND THERE ARE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAKING OIL. SUB: REMOVED THE UNSERVICEABLE RT ENGINE, S/N PCEDB0655, AND INSTALLED A SERVICEABLE ENGINE, SN DB0773 IN THE RT POSITION. ALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IAW THE MM CHAP 71-00-03 AND 71-00-04. ALL OPS AND LEAK CHECKS NORMAL.

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