Service difficulty report · Elbow · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
January 11, 2015
Submitted
January 22, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N261GL
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE261
Aircraft time
36,814 hours, 44,908 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Elbow
Part number
PT6A67D
Part serial
114357114267
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
37,739 hours, 45,044 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

WHILE IN CRUISE RT ENG LOW OIL PSI LIGHT CAME ON WITH NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES NOTED, IE LOUD BANG FLUX IN PWR, LOOKED OIL PSI GAUGE NOTICED GAUGE RAPIDLY DECREASING TO ZERO. REACHED FOR EMCK LIST NOTICED TORQUE GOING TO ZERO PROCEEDED TO EMER MEM ITEMS. SECURED RT ENG, EMER DECLARED. TROUBLE SHOT TO RT ENG PWR SECTION HIGH PRESS OIL LINE ELBOW, BROKEN VERIFIED ENG WAS 6 QUARTS LOW BY ADDING 6 QUARTS OF OIL WHICH BROUGHT OIL LEVEL TO 2 BELOW. TURN ENG OVER VERIFIED OIL LEAKING FROM PSI HIGH PRESS LINE ELBOW. PULLED RGB CHIP DETECTOR & VERIFIED NO METALLIC DEBRIS PULLED PS, STRAINER & FOUND NO METALLIC DEBRIS. INSTALLED NEW HIGH PRESS OIL LINE ELBOW & O RINGS. REINSTALLED CHIP DETECTOR, OIL STRAINER & OIL FILTER. RAN ENG FOR 10 MINUTES AT 80% POWER, VERIFIED NO FLUCTUATION IAW MCP 5.12.0 SECT B & MM 72-00-00. INSPECTED CHIP DETECTOR & OIL STRAINER AFTER THE RUN AT 80% FOUND NO METALLIC DEBRIS FOUND. REINSTALLED CHIP DETECTOR & OIL STRAINER & SAFETIED BOTH. REINSTALLED NEW OIL FILTER & O RING IAW MM 72-0-00 SECTION R ITEM D. MX REPLACED THE ENG SN OFF 114357/114267.

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