Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Skrsky S64E

Difficulty date
August 15, 2017
Submitted
August 17, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N176AC
Make and model
Skrsky S64E
Aircraft serial
64003
Aircraft time
46,648 hours, 16,325 cycles
Part
Gearbox
Condition
Overserviced
Location
Intermedate
Component
Gearbox · Skrsky · 64E
Component part number
643566400045
Stage of operation
FF
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

INTERMEDIATE GEAR BOX CHIP LIGHT WHILE FIGHTING FIRE. PILOTS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO BASE. GEAR BOX REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT. INTERMEDIATE GEAR BOX OIL WAS DRAINED AND CAPTURED. THE IGB WAS FOUND TO HAVE ALMOST 3 US GALLONS OF OIL. THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY OIL LOST DURING THE REMOVAL PROCESS. THE MAX CAPACITY OF THIS IGB IS 1.3 US GALLONS. CAUSE OF OVERTEMP WAS OVERSERVICING. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED.