Service difficulty report · Dipstick · Beech C99

Difficulty date
December 24, 2016
Submitted
December 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N193SU
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U193
Aircraft time
31,116 hours, 43,480 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A36
Engine time
22,784 hours, 27,819 cycles
Part
Dipstick
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

THE TAKE OFF WAS NORMAL. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER LEVEL OFF IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE RIGHT ENGINE TORQUE INDICATION STARTED TO FLUCTUATE FOLLOWED BY A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND FOUND THE OIL DIPSTICK WAS NOT SECURED CAUSING A LOSE OF OIL WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION. THE DIPSTICK WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE SERVICED THE ENGINE WITH OIL, PERFORMED THE REQUIRED INSPECTIONS PER THE PRATT & WHITNEY PT6A-36 MAINTENANCE MANUAL. ALL CHECKS WERE NORMAL, NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND AND THE ENGINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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