Service difficulty report · Engine · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
November 3, 2022
Submitted
November 9, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N567SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
N567SW
Aircraft time
38,920 hours, 52,093 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118A
Engine time
44,521 hours, 56,788 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
PW118A
Part serial
115629
Condition
Oil Consumption
Location
Right
Part time
44,521 hours, 56,788 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
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

PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING IN SAT DUE TO RT ENGINE ERRATIC OIL PRESSURE. INITIALLY WHEN LEAVING MMIO OIL LEVEL WAS GOOD. AFTER LANDING & CHECKING OIL IN KLRD IT APPEARED ENGINE LOST APPROXIMATELY 1.5 QUARTS. DURING CLIMB OUT FROM KLRD OIL PRESSURE DROPPED INTO THE YELLOW ARC. FLICKERED IN THE YELLOW ARC, & WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES IT REACHED THE RED LINE AND STARTED PRODUCING THE OIL WARNING. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURE &PERFORMED RT ENGINE SHUTDOWN. AFTER LANDING, PILOT CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL & IT COULD NOT BE SEEN IN THE SIGHT GLASS. DETERMINED, DUE TO EXTREMELY HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION, ENGINE WOULD BE REPLACED. R & R RT ENGINE. ENG RUN CHECKS & LEAK CHECKS ALL GOOD. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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