What was found
IN CRUISE AT 17,000 FT CREW MEMBER NOTICED OIL COMING OUT OF NUMBER 2 ENGINE. OIL PRESSURE WAS FLUCTUATING BELOW 60 PSI. ENGINE WAS SHUT AND CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND PROP SHAFT SEAL CUT P/N AS 3209-041.
- Difficulty date
- August 23, 2010
- Submitted
- August 24, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N81
- Make and model
- Beech 300BEECH
- Aircraft serial
- FF16
- Aircraft time
- 13,327 hours, 7,004 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A60A
- Engine time
- 11,879 hours
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCB4MP3
- System (JASC)
- 7261 · Turbine Engine Oil System
- Part
- Shaft Seal
- Part number
- AS3209041
- Condition
- Cut
- Location
- Nr 2 Engine
- Part time
- 1 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.