69-18-05: Turbocharger Lubricating Oil Scavenge Pump
FAA order 69-18-05 is an airworthiness directive in force since September 4, 1969. The FAA's subject line: Turbocharger Lubricating Oil Scavenge Pump. It names the Continental TSIO-520-B, Continental TSIO-520-D, Continental TSIO-520-E engines: about 19 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: engine.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Engine
- Makes
- Continental Motors
- Models
- TSIO-520-B, TSIO-520-D, TSIO-520-E
- Engine series
- Continental TSIO-520-B 9 aircraft
Continental TSIO-520-D 4 aircraft
Continental TSIO-520-E 6 aircraft
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- September 4, 1969
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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69-18-05 CONTINENTAL: Amdt. 39-835. Applies to Models TSIO-520-B (Serial Numbers 145001 through 145618), TSIO-520-D (Serial Numbers 156001 through 156103), and TSIO-520-E (Serial Numbers 165001 through 165493, 165496, and 165497) engines having 300 hours' or more time-in-service, except those engines having turbocharger oil scavenge pumps with P/N 635327 Shaft Gear-Starter, P/N 635328 Body- Scavenge Pump and P/N 635330 Gear-Scavenge Pump, or those engines equipped with P/N 635061-A1 Starter Adaptor and Scavenge Pump Assembly.
Compliance: Unless already accomplished, within the next 100 hours' time-in-service after the effective date of this airworthiness directive, on engines having 300 or more hours' time-in-service, or at or before 400 hours' time-in-service on engines that have less than 300 hours' time-in-service at the effective date of this airworthiness directive, accomplish the following:
To prevent failure of the turbocharger lubricating oil scavenge pump:
Remove P/N 632597 scavenge pump drive gear and P/N MS 35756-3 Woodruff Key and replace with a P/N 636251 scavenge pump drive gear and a new P/N MS35756-3 Woodruff Key. In the P/N 632602 scavenge body assembly drill a .093 inch (3/32) diameter hole to a depth of .31 inch (5/16) in the floor of the gear cavity midway between the center of the gears. Continental Service Bulletin No. M69-8 dated June 11, 1969, refers to the above and provides additional instructions on this modification.
This amendment becomes effective September 4, 1969.
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 2, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/69-18-05.json · aircraft systems.
