Service difficulty report · Sensor · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
January 23, 2021
Submitted
January 25, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N93LF
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0412
Aircraft time
5,788 hours, 28,025 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIUS2B2
Engine time
5,778 hours, 8,205 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
ZRB2010010
Part serial
0156
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Oil Pressure
Part time
5,778 hours, 8,205 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FIRST OFF, THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT MINE AND WAS EN ROUTE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO ANOTHER BASE FOR USE DURING OTHER MAINTENANCE. IT HAD SIMPLY SHOWED UP UNANNOUNCED TO MY AIRPORT IN KINGMAN, AZ. PILOT HAD ENCOUNTERED NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE RISING DURING FLIGHT. UPON APPROACH, THE OIL PRESSURE CONTINUED TO RISE WITH NO TEMPERATURE CHANGES ACCOMPANYING THE ISSUE. SAFELY LANDED AND CONTACTED MAINTENANCE. I INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE AND CLEANED CONNECTORS FOR SENSORS ON ENGINE NR 2. THE PILOT HAD GROUND RAN THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED COLECTIVE LIGHTLY TO TRY TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPON SHUTDOWN OF ENGINE NR 1, THE OIL PRESSURE OF ENGINE NR 2 WAS ERRATIC, THE PRESSURE HAD BOUNCED ALL OVER THE PLACE VERY QUICKLY, FROM 0 TO THE TOP OF THE SCALE. ALL THIS WITH NO OIL TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS OR OTHER WARNINGS. THIS LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A SIMPLE ISSUE OF OIL PRESSURE INDICATION. I ORDERED THE OIL TEMPERATURE/PRESSURE SENSOR FOR ENGINE NR 2 AOG. I HAD FINALLY RECEIVED THE PART AND INSTALLED IT ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 23RD. WE NOW DO NOT HAVE A QUALIFIED PILOT TO TO RUN THIS AIRCRAFT. IT IS MONDAY, JANUARY 25TH AND I AM STILL AWAITING A QUALIFIED PILOT TO RUN THIS AIRCRAFT AND VERIFY THE PROBLEM HAS GONE BEFORE IT CAN CONTINUE ITS PATH TO ANOTHER BASE. DIFFICULTY: NO PILOT.

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