Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
January 21, 2023
Submitted
February 21, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814SH
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600405
Aircraft time
8,521 hours, 6,476 cycles
Engine
Pwc JT15D5D
Engine time
9,107 hours, 6,683 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
JT15D5D
Part serial
PCE500173
Condition
Low Pressure
Part time
9,107 hours, 6,683 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, B, E

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

What was found

1ST MASTER WARNING - AROUND FL300. THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL WAS COMPLETELY BLANK, PIC CLEARS MASTER WARNING. NORMAL INDICATIONS. BOTH ENGINES WERE ABOVE 80 PSI OIL PRES. CREW CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. 2ND MASTER WARNING & LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE - AROUND FL330. LESS THAN 1 MINUTE LATER, MASTER WARNING BEGINS TO FLASH AGAIN. OIL PRESS RH ILLUMINATED ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. OIL PRESSURE IS AT 60 PSI (YELLOW ARC) & VISIBLY DROPPING. DECLARE EMERGENCY & DIVERT TO GRI PIC REDUCES POWER ON THE RH ENGINE & STOPS CLIMBING. PIC DECLARES EMERGENCY, SIC RELAYS & REQUESTS DIRECT TO GRI. SLH814 CLEARED FOR A DESCENT AND VECTORED TOWARDS GRI WHICH WAS VFR. PIC HAD PLANNED & FILED GRI AS AN ALTERNATE BECAUSE GRI WAS PREDICTING VFR ALL EVENING. CHECKLIST & PRECAUTIONARY SHUT DOWN SIC BEGINS TO READ THE CHECKLIST AND THE CREW FOLLOW EVERY STEP PERFECTLY. OIL PRESSURECONTINUES TO DROP, NOW BELOW 40 PSI (RED ARC), PIC DECIDES TO CONTINUE THE LOW OIL PRESSURE CHECKLIST WHICH SHUTS DOWN & SECURES INOP ENGINE. SAFE LANDING AT KGRI ON CENTERLINE AND STOPPED WITH OVER TWO THOUSAND FEET REMAINING.