Service difficulty report · Governor · Beech C99

Difficulty date
June 27, 2017
Submitted
July 4, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N225BH
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U181
Aircraft time
28,399 hours, 40,023 cycles
Part
Governor
Part number
821002501
Part serial
1749761
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 600
Part time
4,165 hours, 4,936 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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKING EXTERNALLY FROM THE RT COWLING BEHIND THE PROPELLER. NOTIFIED ATC AND RECEIVED A DIRECTIVE TO PROCEED STRAIGHT TO KABQ. THE RIGHT OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE BELOW THE GREEN ARC. CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, PERFORMED AN INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THE RT ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT KABQ. MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND INSPECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE FOR THE SOURCE OF THE OIL LEAK. ON THE GROUND RUN THE RT ENGINE PROPELLER GOVERNOR WAS LEAKING OIL FROM THE BASE OF THE CANNON PLUG CONNECTOR. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED GROUND RUNS AND OPERATION AND LEAK CHECKS WERE FOUND NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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