Service difficulty report · Transducer · Beech B200

Difficulty date
June 26, 2019
Submitted
June 27, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N774AK
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
1797
Aircraft time
4,263 hours, 4,235 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A61
Engine time
1,484 hours, 1,396 cycles
Part
Transducer
Part number
1013890237
Part serial
633210622
Condition
Abnormal
Location
Zone 400
Part time
4,263 hours, 4,235 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE WAS OBSERVED LOOSING OIL PRESSURE SLOWLY. OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO RED LINE THEN BEGAN TO CLIMB BACK TO INTO THE GREEN ARC. OIL TEMP AND ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS STAYED NORMAL SO IN WAS BELIEVE THIS WAS AN INDICATION ERROR. TROUBLE SHOOTING ON THE GROUND CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE OIL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER ON THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE.

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