Service difficulty report · Bypass Valve · Agusta A119

Difficulty date
July 14, 2018
Submitted
July 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N353LL
Make and model
Agusta A119
Aircraft serial
14821
Aircraft time
1,689 hours, 4,725 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6B37A
Engine time
1,885 hours, 4,592 cycles
Part
Bypass Valve
Part number
727029
Condition
Defective
Location
Oil System
Part time
1,885 hours, 1,492 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ROUGHLY 5 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, PILOT OBSERVED A ENG HOT OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION. HE CHECKED THE OIL TEMP GAUGE AND CONFIRMED AN ENGINE OIL TEMP EXCEEDANCE. HE ANNOUNCED THE WARNING LIGHT AND REDUCED POWER AND AIRSPEED. HE PERFORMED A PRE-LANDING GAUGE CHECK AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE ENGINE OIL TEMP WHICH WAS INDICATING 116 DEGREES CELSIUS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THERMOSTATIC OIL COOLER BYPASS VALVE WAS BAD AND IT WAS REPLACED AND ALL INDICATIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL. THIS IS THE THIRD ONE OF THESE TO FAIL AFTER 14823 AND 14934.

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