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Government small aircraft on training mission has loss of oil pressure and high temperature indications, returns to land near hst.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 452023 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hst.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 5500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia.tracon |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company other |
| Function | flight crew : captain instruction : instructor oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 5 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 452023 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : exited adverse environment |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Cockpit instrument indication of oil pressure loss in combination with increase in oil temperature. Returned to land immediately when this occurred. Maintenance duplicated indications on ground after landing was complete. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that upon maintenance inspection of the oil filter, that it was clogged and that failure of the engine was indeed imminent. The aircraft is a cessna 206B. The flight crew did indeed declare an emergency in this incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GOV SMA ON TRAINING MISSION HAS LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMP INDICATIONS, RETURNS TO LAND NEAR HST.
Narrative: COCKPIT INST INDICATION OF OIL PRESSURE LOSS IN COMBINATION WITH INCREASE IN OIL TEMP. RETURNED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. MAINT DUPLICATED INDICATIONS ON GND AFTER LNDG WAS COMPLETE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT UPON MAINT INSPECTION OF THE OIL FILTER, THAT IT WAS CLOGGED AND THAT FAILURE OF THE ENG WAS INDEED IMMINENT. THE ACFT IS A CESSNA 206B. THE FLC DID INDEED DECLARE AN EMER IN THIS INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.