Imagine you are pre-flighting your King Air, checking the oil and on one engine the oil is off the stick! What do you do? For many, the first instinct is to dump a couple quarts in that side and check the stick again. Just make sure you have plenty of rags in the aircraft because… The post Oil Migration appeared first on King Air ..read more

I’ve been corresponding with a King Air owner about an oil temp problem he has wrestled with for awhile. On one engine, the oil temp is not warming up to where it should be. Initially he worried about icing in the oil-to-fuel heater, but we have since ruled that out. This started my thinking about… The post Cold Weather Checklist appeared first on King Air ..read more

A director of maintenance from Alaska with several King Air B100s called me not long ago. The most recent addition to his fleet had a pressurization problem that would not resolve. The system tested fine on the ground, but there was no pressurization in the air. He had researched the part number of the flow… The post Legacy King Airs and the IPC appeared first on King Air ..read more

I spend a lot of time researching logbooks on behalf of buyers considering King Airs for purchase. They need to know where the aircraft is maintenance-wise. Some of these King Airs are “younger” but many have 10,000 hours or more. The longevity of the Beechcraft King Air makes me proud, but 10,000 hours makes for… The post Maintenance Records and Logbook Research appeared first on King Air ..read more

The polarized windows in a King Air were designed to block sunlight for passengers sitting on the sunny side of the cabin. They are the King Air’s answer to that little sliding shade found on airliners and elsewhere, and they do the trick nicely, but with one major drawback: They are prone to burning out… The post King Air Cabin Windows – Pane Management 2.0 appeared first on King Air ..read more

Last summer I supervised a gear overhaul (inspection) on a King Air F90 belonging to a client. We were coming down the home stretch. The motor, gear box and torque tubes were ready for reinstallation. The cabin had been gutted for ease of access and we were about to reinstall all the floorboards that had… The post F90 Heat Ducts: A Curious Coincidence? appeared first on King Air ..read more

Yesterday I got a call from a mechanic working on a pressurization problem with a King Air C90. The pilot’s squawk was that the altitude warning light came on while at cruise; the pilot descended. The mechanic did not know if the cabin dumped all at once, but the way he told it, it didn’t… The post Pressurization Problems? appeared first on King Air ..read more

I got a call from a King Air B200 owner/operator. He had been a regular customer of mine when I had my maintenance shop, but we hadn’t spoke for several years. He always made time to chat with me whenever dropping off or picking up his King Air, and I was glad to hear from… The post Nose Tire Going Flat? appeared first on King Air ..read more

Few things are more annoying than finding a puddle of fuel on the hangar floor the morning after a flight. A B200 I was consulting on recently manifested just that. Fuel leaks that crop up suddenly can result from recent maintenance where a seal wasn’t seated properly or where a fitting was left loose. Another… The post Fuel Leaks and the Fuel Control appeared first on King Air ..read more

T he Before Takeoff checklist includes a test of the overspeed governors. You know that switch on the sub-panel? When you hold it up, it sends a current to a test solenoid which opens a valve and dumps some of the oil going to the prop into a channel going to the engine case. The… The post The Overspeed Governor and the Test Solenoid 2.0 by Dean Benedict appeared first on King Air ..read more