N4JB
Registered owner: MY AIRPLANE LLC, AR (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HRS LOCAL, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KAGC ENROUTE TO KHOU. AT TOP OF DESCENT, CREW NOTICED NR 2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATING, BUT REMAINING WITHIN OPERATIONAL RANGE. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS (OIL TEMPERATURE, N1, N2, ITT) REMAINED STEADY. CREW REFERENCED ABNORMAL CHECKLIST WHICH INSTRUCTED THEM TO MONITOR UNLESS PRESSURE FALLS INTO CAUTION OR DANGER RANGE. INTO DESCENT CREW OBSERVED OIL PRESSURE PROGRESSIVELY DROP, STILL REMAINING ABOVE CAUTION RANGE. ASKED ATC FOR DIRECT ROUTE. NOTIFIED THAT APPROACH HAD DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO GET PRIORITY HANDLING. AIRCRAFT ARRIVED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NR 2 ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR HAD A DEFECTIVE ORING WHICH ALLOWED OIL TO DEPART THE ENGINE SUMP RESULTING IN THE FLUCTUATION. THE ORING WAS REPLACED, ENGINE OIL LEVEL WAS SERVICED, ENGINE AND COWLING CLEANED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE.