Service difficulty report · Fuel Bowl · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 22, 2021
Submitted
December 30, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N692TX
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
56052293
Aircraft time
14,440 hours, 11,552 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Engine time
14,269 hours, 11,370 cycles
Part
Fuel Bowl
Part serial
NA
Condition
Dirty
Location
Eng Fuel
Part time
1,304 hours, 1,024 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT CRUISE FL410 PF NOTICED WHILE SCANNING THE INSTRUMENTS A MASTER WARNING AND CAUTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED CAPTAIN THAT WE WERE HAVING ENGINE ISSUES ON THE RIGHT SIDE. CPT CONFIRMS THIS AND PULLS OUT EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. FO MANAGE THE FLYING WHILE CAPTAIN RAN THE CL. THEY DETERMINED THEY HAD N2 AND N1 ROTATION AND SUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED A RESTART PER ECL. RT ENGINE RESTARTED WITHOUT ANY NOTABLE ISSUES. WHEN INCREASING THROTTLE FROM IDLE POSITION, ENGINE OIL TEMP EXCEEDS NORMAL TEMP RANGE AND THROTTLE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO IDLE. THIS CONDITION WAS TESTED A FEW TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT. CREW DECIDED TO MAINTAIN THE ENGINE IN FLIGHT IDLE IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE EMERGENCY POWER USING THE AFFECTED ENGINE. FO TRANSFERS CONTROLS TO CAPTAIN FOR APPROACH AND LANDING. ECL OF ONE ENGINE APPROACH AND LAND IS PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRPORT FIRE RESCUE FOLLOWED AFTER TOUCH TOWN AND TAXI TO FBO WITHOUT INCIDENT. AC IS SHUT DOWN AND INSPECTED FOR ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO THE ENGINE. ALL OUTWARD STRUCTURES ARE UNREMARKABLE.

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