Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech C99

Difficulty date
September 11, 2015
Submitted
September 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8226Z
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U190
Aircraft time
27,968 hours, 47,289 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A36
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE LT ENG OIL TEMP WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL & APPEARED TO BE APPROACHING THE RED LINE. PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY IN FLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE LT ENG & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE LT ENG OIL FILTER, OIL COOLER & OIL COOLER INLET AREA, NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. A GND RUN OF THE LT ENG WAS PERFORMED. ALL ENG PARAMETERS & INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL, COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. AN OIL ANALYSIS WITH FILTER CHANGE WAS COMPLETED.

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