Service difficulty report · Air Filter · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
August 29, 2019
Submitted
August 30, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N108LN
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft serial
3959
Aircraft time
6,296 hours, 19,954 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Engine time
4,795 hours, 10,471 cycles
Part
Air Filter
Part number
1350A21
Part serial
06080
Condition
Overserviced
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE AFTER AN UNIDENTIFIED ODOR CAME INTO THE CABIN FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT WAS THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE AIR FILTER WAS OVERSERVICED AND THE OIL WAS DRIPPING ONTO THE HOT ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS CLEANED AND THE EXCESS OIL WAS WIPED OFF OF THE ENGINE DECK, THEN AN ENGINE RUN-UP WAS PERFORMED TO ENSURE THIS WAS INDEED THE SOURCE OF THE STRANGE SMELL. THEN ENGINE WAS CHECKED AGAIN AND A SMALLER AMOUNT OF OIL WAS DETECTED. THE OIL WAS CLEANED OFF OF THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.