Service difficulty report · Housing · Amtr MA5

Difficulty date
March 31, 2009
Submitted
April 28, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N987JB
Make and model
Amtr MA5
Aircraft serial
987
Engine
Lyc O320A2B
Part
Housing
Part serial
L2785927A
Condition
Broken
Location
Oil Screen
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ENGINE LOST ALL OIL WHILE IN FLIGHT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED. UPON INSP IT WAS NOTED THAT NO OIL APPEARED ON DIP STICK. ACFT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND HAULED TO AIRPORT. ALTHOUGH INSP WAS PERFORMED TO DETERMINE WHERE OIL LEAK WAS. AFTER REMOVING OIL SCREEN HSG IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE HSG WAS BROKEN AT THE LWR LT BOLT HOLE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SOME WHERE IN ITS LIFETIME THAT THE HSG WAS DROPPED CAUSING FAILURE. RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT FURTHER OCCURRANCE IS A THOROUGH INSP AND POSSIBLE DYE CHECK OF HSG UPON REMOVAL. (K)