Service difficulty report · Fitting · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
December 24, 2020
Submitted
December 24, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3378Q
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B0334
Aircraft time
24,376 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520*
Part
Fitting
Condition
Broken
Location
Oil Separator
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORT: UPON DEPARTING ADS (GTX936 ADS-LBB) TOWER REPORTED SEEING A CONTRAIL STREAMING FROM THE PLANE. PILOT CONFIRMED AND SAID HE WOULD RETURN. NOT LONG LATER REPORTED THE RT ENGINE STARTING TO RUN ROUGH AND REQUESTED PRIORITY TO LAND. TOWER DISPATCHED THE FIRE TRUCKS. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP. ON OBSERVATION THERE IS OIL STREAKING DOWN THE SIDE AS WELL AS UNDER THE COWLING AND DRIPPING ON THE GROUND. MAINTENANCE HAS INSPECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND FOUND THE AIR/OIL SEPARATOR RETURN LINE FITTING HAD BROKEN OF THE AIR/OIL SEPARATOR. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE AIR/OIL SEPARATOR CANNISTER (SERVICEABLE UNIT). NACELLE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT CLEANED. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO THE MAINTENANCE RUN-UP AREA, NO LEAKS NOTED. MECHANICS PERFORMED A TAKE-OFF POWER RUN TO DETERMINE ROUGH ENGINE REPORTED. ENGINE FUEL SET-UP CHECKED AND ADJUSTED AS NEEDED. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.

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