Service difficulty report · Valve · Beech B300

Difficulty date
March 19, 2023
Submitted
March 27, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820UP
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft serial
FL905
Aircraft time
6,482 hours, 5,498 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Engine time
6,362 hours, 5,400 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
723747
Part serial
11313A
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Right Engine
Part time
6,362 hours, 540 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, M, O
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

AT FL310 RIGHT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED 99* CELSIUS FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES. PEAKED AT 102* CELSIUS AND WAS STABLE AT 101* CELSIUS WHEN THE RIGHT THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO IDLE. AT BELOW FL180 THE ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE RETURNED TO NORMAL RANGE. ENGINE OIL PRESSURE, ITT AND ALL OTHER PARAMETERS WERE IN NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE OIL COOLER THERMOSTAT VALVE. ENGINE SOAP SAMPLE, OIL FILTER AND AGB CHIP DETECTOR CHECK PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. GROUNDS ENGINE RUNS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. A SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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