Service difficulty report · Gauge · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
September 19, 2017
Submitted
September 20, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
C208B0004
Aircraft time
12,682 hours, 18,891 cycles
Part
Gauge
Part number
26060154RXMD815
Part serial
A0510153
Condition
Failed
Location
Oil
Part time
57 hours, 117 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A, E

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

What was found

MIDWAY THROUGH FLIGHT, ON THE EMPTY STAGE LEG, THE PILOT NOTICED OIL APPEARING IN THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION, WHEN THE STAGE FLIGHT GOT CLOSER TO THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT SAW THAT OIL HAD FILLED THE GAUGE AND WAS ALSO COMING OUT OF THE CO-PILOTS YOKE AND DRIPPING. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS GIVIEN DIRECT CLEARANCE TO LAND. ON LANDING THE LOW OIL PRESSURE GAUGE BEGAN FLASHING AND THEN CAME ON SOLID, THE ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN.

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