Service difficulty report · Engine · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
December 29, 2025
Submitted
January 5, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N390QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500328
Aircraft time
8,837 hours, 6,913 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW535E
Part
Engine
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

UPON CLIMBING THROUGH APROX 2500', RECEIVED A E2 OIL LOW PRESSURE CAS MESSAGE. ADVISED NEEDED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. ABOUT A MINUTE LATER DETECTED A BURNING ODOR WHICH WAS SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY SMOKE FILLING THE CABIN. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & ADVISED RETURNING. RAN SMOKE EVACUATION QRC AFTER DONNING MASKS & GOGGLES ON A BASE LEG AND LANDING MOMENTARILY. CONFIGURED ACFT FOR LANDING & LANDED SAFELY. NOTICED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN CABIN. FIRE DEPARTMENT USED HEAT SENSORS & DETECTED NO FIRES OR ANYTHING ABNORMAL. NOTED ON THE WALK AROUND THAT THERE WAS OIL DRIPPING OUT OF EXHAUST END OF THE ENG. CHECKED OIL DOOR & SAW THE OIL CAP WAS SECURED WITH VERY LITTLE TO NO OIL SHOWN IN SIGHT GAUGE. BORESCOPED RH ENGINE AND FOUND OIL AT FIRST STAGE SEAL INSIDE OF THE ENGINE. ENGINE REPLACEMENT PERFORMED BY EASW.

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