Service difficulty report · Shaft Seal · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
October 24, 2015
Submitted
October 28, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Filed by
ESMR688D
Epps Air Service LLC
Aircraft
N261PE
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Aircraft serial
1261
Aircraft time
2,700 hours, 1,980 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Engine time
2,700 hours, 1,980 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Shaft Seal
Part number
312168801
Condition
Galled
Location
Engine
Part time
2 hours, 1 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

1.5 HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED, IMMEDIATELY OIL SPRAYED ONTO THE WINDSCREEN. UPON DESCENT THE OIL DID NOT CONTINUE TO SPRAY ON THE WINDSCREEN. AN EMER WAS DECLARED & THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A NEW PROP SHAFT SEAL THAT HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED HAD FAILED. THE SEAL WAS GALLED & HAD FUSED TO THE PROP SHAFT.