Service difficulty report · Engine · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 13, 2002
Submitted
January 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
227
Aircraft time
31,057 hours, 35,055 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Engine time
26,727 hours, 29,874 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
PW120A
Part serial
121082
Condition
Leaking
Location
Right
Part time
26,727 hours, 29,874 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED A STRONG ODOR IN COCKPIT AND CABIN IN FLIGHT. EMERGENCY DECLARED AS A PRECAUTION. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX RAN ENGINES WITH BLEEDS ON, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. NR 1 ENG WAS FOUND TO BE OVERSERVICED. OIL FROM NR 1 ENG DRAINED TO PROPER LEVEL. APU WAS SUSPECTED TO BE AT FAULT. MEL 49-1 ISSUED FOR APU. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. DURING AIRCRAFT RUN ON 13 JANUARY 2003, MAINTENANCE OPERATED APU WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED. AFTER FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING IT WAS DISCOVERED RT ENGINE WAS CAUSE OF OIL IN BLEED SYSTEM DUE TO INTERNAL OIL COKING. ON 10 JANUARY 2003 RT ENG AIR SWITCHING VALVE REPLACED, NO ODOR FOUND ON ENGINE RUN. RT ENG REPLACED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.