Service difficulty report · Scavenge Pump · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
January 30, 2009
Submitted
February 18, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8698A
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7698
Engine
Ge CF343B1
Part
Scavenge Pump
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED A LOSS OF RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AND THE ASSOCIATED WARNINGS. THE FLIGHT CREW EXECUTED THE QRH, SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AN OTHERWISE NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING WAS MADE. MX INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND DISCOVERED THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKING FROM THE AXIS D AND F AGB CARBON SEALS, BUT THAT THE OIL PRESSURE LOSS WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE LUBE AND SCAVENGE OIL PUMP. THE CARBON SEALS AND PUMP WERE REPLACED. THE ENGINE WAS RUN UP AND FOUND TO HAVE TO HAVE GOOD OIL PRESSURE AND NO LEAKS. THE ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. (K)