Service difficulty report · Oil Cooler · Casa C212CC

Difficulty date
December 2, 2010
Submitted
December 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N963BW
Make and model
Casa C212CC
Aircraft serial
320
Aircraft time
13,185 hours, 17,305 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE33112UHR
Engine time
23,597 hours, 27,646 cycles
Part
Oil Cooler
Part number
1584103
Part serial
LA0033
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, 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

DURING CRUISE, CREW NOTICED THE RT OIL PRESSURE GAUGE FLUCTUATING RAPIDLY AND NOTED THE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS HOLDING STEADY IN THE GREEN ARC. VISUAL INSP BY THE F/O CONFIRMED OIL STREAMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL COOLER AREA. CREW THEN READIED THE ANTICIPATED ENGINE SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT CHECKLIST. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE RT RED OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME CREW THEN COMPLETED THE PREPLANNED ENGINE SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST, COMMUNICATED WITH STATION, DECLARED THE EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY. MX HAS SINCE CONFIRMED A CRACKED OIL COOLER.