Service difficulty report · None · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
September 30, 2022
Submitted
October 3, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N118MD
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft serial
U118
Aircraft time
42,679 hours, 80,600 cycles
Part
None
Condition
None
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE RIGHT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT SHOWED NO INDICATIONS OF MAJOR OIL LEAKS AND OIL QUANTITY WAS AT 2 ON THE DIP STICK. NORMAL ENGINE INDIDCATIONS DURING TAXI, RUN UP, TAKE OFF AND CLIMB. AFTER CRUISE AND BEFORE TREND MONITORING, RIGHT ENGINE "LOW OIL PRESSURE" LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND IOL PRESSURE GAUGE SHOWED .2 DECLINE. PILOT DOUBLE CHECKED OIL PRESSURE LIGHT AND CONFIRMED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE THEN PERFROMED THE EMERGENCY ENGINE SHUT DOWN MEMORY ITEMS. PIKOT CALLED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LINED UP WITH RNWAY 34R APPOXIMATELY 10 MILES OUT AND FOLLOWED THE REST OF THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. TIME FROM LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT TO ENGINE SHUT DOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE. PILOT LANDED SINGLE ENGINE AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITH NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES OR PROBLEMS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, THE OIL CAP WAS PROPERLY SECURED AND THERE WAS NO OIL LEFT IN THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO HAVE SEIZED, BUT SHOWED NO INDICATIONS OF SEIZING DURING ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT. LOSS OF OIL OCCURED INTERNALLY IWTH NO EXTERNAL INDICATIONS OF OIL LEAK.