Service difficulty report · Oil System · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
May 10, 2011
Submitted
May 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N202SR
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
202
Aircraft time
42,323 hours, 48,908 cycles
Engine
Ge CT79B
Part
Oil System
Condition
Low
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW RECEIVED RT ENG OIL PRESSURE MASTER WARNING DURING INITIAL CLIMB. ALL RT ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL EXCEPT ENG OIL PRESSURE WHICH WAS FLUCTUATING FROM 50 PSI TO BOTTOM OF GREEN ARC (30 PSI) AND IN SOME CASES INTO YELLOW ARC. THEN MASTER WARNING EXTINGUSHED, BUT OIL PRESSURE INDICATIONS CONTINUED FLUCTUATIONS. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER TAXIING OFF RUNWAY, OIL PRESSURE INDICATION ROSE TO 50 PSI AND HELD STEADY, INDICATING NORMALLY. SERVICED RIGHT ENGINE OIL, AND PLACED ON OIL WATCH.

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