Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Piper PA28181

Difficulty date
June 22, 2015
Submitted
June 23, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
FQAR173S
Bird Acquisition LLC.
Aircraft
N924PA
Make and model
Piper PA28181
Aircraft serial
2843286
Aircraft time
17,252 hours
Engine
Lyc O360A4M
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
8001080
Part serial
35610101
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 200
Part time
51 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE ACFT HAD LANDED AND WAS BEING PUT AWAY WHEN THE PILOTS NOTED THERE WAS OIL LEAKING FROM UNDER THE LT SIDE OF THE COWLING; THE LEAK TRAVELED THE LENGTH OF THE FUSELAGE AND HAD COATED THE LT WING AS WELL. THE PILOTS ALSO NOTED NO OIL WAS VISIBLE ON THE DIPSTICK; THEY HAD DEPARTED WITH 8 QUARTS AND FLOWN 1.4 HOURS. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OIL COOLER WAS LEAKING FROM INSIDE THE PLEATS AND THE ENGINE HAD 3.5 QTS OF OIL LEFT, A LOSS OF 5 QTS IN 1.4 HOURS. THE OIL COOLER WAS INSTALLED NEW, THREE WEEKS PRIOR.

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