JASC 8530
Service difficulty reports · 4,341
Reports filed under 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section, newest first.
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '8530' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR G0C2008F00000Cylinder Head · separatedNR 5 CYLINDER FAILED DUE TO CYLINDER HEAD SEPARATION FROM BARREL. AC IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED TO NEAREST AIRFIELD FOR REPAIR. AC LANDED SAFELY, POWER SETTING AT FAILURE WAS 25 IN MAN PRESSURE, 2200 RPM. AC WAS IN CRUISE SEGMENT. ENG WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL SDR CA080711005Piston · broken(CAN) A PIECE OF NR 2 PISTON SKIRT WAS BROKEN OFF AT THE OIL CONTROL RING GROOVE.SDR 2008FA0000443Guide · out of toleranceAFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO TROUBLESHOOT FREQUENT ENGINE MISFIRES OCCURRING PRIMARILY IN THE INITIAL CLIMB STAGES OF FLIGHT, THE ENGINE VALVE TRAIN WAS INSPECTED FOR STICKING VALVES. DIMENSIONAL INSPECTIONS OF THE EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES IN ALL 6 CYLINDERS REVEALSDR 2008FA0000577Valve Seat · damagedINTAKE VALVE SEAT CAME LOOSE FROM THE SEAT BORE IN THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE LOOSE SEAT DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER HEAD, VALVE, AND VALVE SEAT. INTERFERENCE FIT BETWEEN THE VALVE SEAT AND THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS NOT CORRECT. THIS WAS AN OVERHAULED CYLINDER. (K)SDR CA080617003Exhaust Valve · failed(CAN) DURING CRUISE, THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD THE NR1 ENGINE BACKFIRE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE PROPELLER FEATHERED. DURING INVESTIGATION, THE MAINT CREW DISCOVERED THE EXHAUST VALVE IN CYL NR 9 HAD DROPPED INTO THE CYL. SOME PIECES OF THE VALVE WENT OUT TSDR CA080618007Cylinder · cracked(CAN) THE LOWER SPARK PLUG HOLE ON CYLINDER NR 4 HAD A CRACK, THE ACFT HAD BEEN INSPECTED ON MAY 24/08 AND THERE WAS NO APPARENT CRACKS OR ISSUES WITH THE CYLINDER, ON JUNE 2 IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND BROUGHT TO MX, THERE WAS FOULING OF THE PLUGS AND WHEN THE PSDR MCC2008F00002Cylinder · damagedENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND PILOT NOTICED OIL LEAKING ON COWLING. ENGINE WAS SECURED AND A UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE. MAINT FOUND CYL NR 4 HAVING BROKEN STUDS AND CYLINDER STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM ENGINE. ALSO FOUND ROCKER BOX COVER SCREWS LOOSE/MISSINGSDR 2008FA0000365Cylinder · damagedENGINE WAS OVERHAULED NOV 2001 USING NEW CILINDER ASSEMBLES. BREAK-IN OPERATION PERFORMED WITH MFG SERVICE INSTRUCTION 1427B AND MINERAL OIL. ENGINE OPERATED NEAR DAILY FLIGHTS AVERAGEING .5 HOUR EACH. REGULAR OIL CHANGES USING 15W50 OIL AND ADDITIVE, POST BRESDR 200805210001Cylinder · failedBURN THROUGH HOLE FOUND ON TOP OF NUMBER 4 CYLINDER BETWEEN SPARK PLUG HOLE AND EXHAUST VALVE.SDR MWR2008F00000Cylinder · crackedMADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF ENG PWR. LANDED IN A FIELD APPROX .7500 MILE FROM APPROACH END OF AIRPORT. POST INCIDENT INSP REVEALED THAT NR 8 ENG CYLINDER HAD FAILED. CYLINDER CRACKED AT UPPER OIL DRAIN FITTING ON EXHAUST ROCKER HSSDR NACA20080008Cylinder Head · damagedNR 1 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO BACKFIRING. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 16 CYLINDER DUE TO BLOWN HEAD, REF: NAC DC-6MM SECT V PG 16 AND 16A. OP CHECKED GOOD.SDR CA080618006Valve · elongated(CAN) VALVE STREACHED TO 6 THOU AND MANUFACTURES LIMITATION IS 2 THOU. CONCERN IS VALVE IS SODIUM FILLED AND WILL DISINTIGRATE IF THE STREACH IS BEYOND MANUFACTURES RECOMMENDATIONS. THE MAIN CONCERN IS THIS ENGINE IS ON CONDITION AND THE CYLINDERS ALL HAVE 270SDR 2008FA0000436Cylinder · crackedCRACK VISIBLE AT NR 4 CYLINDER. CRACK APPEARS TO START AT CASTING ANOMALY, CONTINUES TO EDGE OF FINS, AND IS VISIBLE AT THE FIRST FOUR COOLING FINS. ALSO VERIFIED, THROUGH USE OF EDDY CURRENT, THAT THE CRACK CONTINUES TO THE SPARK PLUG HOLE. ALL OTHER CYLINDERSDR CA080428002Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) ON TAKEOFF PILOT FELT SLIGHT VIBRATION THROUGH RUDDER PEDALS. AFTER GETTING TO HIS CRUISE LEVEL THE VIBRATION GOT WORSE. HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT, AC WAS BROUGHT INTO MAINT SHOP AND COWLING WAS REMOVED. COMPRESSION TEST WAS COMPLETED AND IT WAS FOUND TSDR NACA20080007Cylinder · failedNR 4 ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO NR 1 CYLINDER DOUBLE SHORTED SECONDARY. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 CYLINDER DUE TO RING LAND FAILURE. REF: DC6MM SECT V PG 16, OP CHECKED GOOD.SDR 2008FA0000287Cover · crackedFOUND ROCKER BOX COVER CRACKED DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION. CRACKS CAUSED DUE TO IMPROPER CLEARANCE BETWEEN COVER AND ROCKER ARMS ALLOWING ROCKER ARMS TO CONTACT COVER. THERE IS A NOTABLE CLEARANCE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ORIGINAL MFG COVER AND THE OTHER MFG CSDR 2008FA0000286Cover · crackedFOUND ROCKER BOX COVER WITH MULTIPLE CRACKS DURING AC FLEET INSPECTION, FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER CRACKED COVER ON A DIFFERENT AC. CRACKS CAUSED, DUE TO IMPROPER CLEARANCE BETWEEN COVER AND ROCKER ARMS ALLOWING ROCKER ARMS TO CONTACT COVER. THERE IS A NSDR 2008FA0000246Cylinder · damagedNR 5 CYL EXHAUST VALVE BROKEN, SENDING THE HEAD OF THE VALVE THROUGH THE EXHAUST AND LODGING ITSELF INTO THE TURBOCHARGER, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER, PISTON, AND TURBO.SDR 2008FA0000263Cylinder · crackedNR 2 CYL CRACKED FROM UPPER SPARK PLUG HOLE TO THE EXHAUST VALVE SEAT. CRACK IN HEAD LED TO FAILURE OF EXHAUST PUSHROD HOUSING, AND DEFORMATION OF THE EXHAUST PUSHROD. AC LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. (K)SDR NACA20080006Cylinder · crackedNR 3 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO BACKFIRING DURING CRUISE. REPLACED NR 2 CYLINDER DUE TO A CRACKED HEAD, REF: DC-6MM SECT V PG 16-17. OP CHECK GOOD.SDR CA080402006Tappet · crackedWHEN REPLACING NR 1 CYLINDER THE HYDRAULIC TAPPET BODY WAS FOUND CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. (TC NR 20080402006)SDR FFKA127Cylinder · failedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS CREEPING LOWER AND LOWER, PILOT COMPENSATED BY ADVANCING RIGHT ENGINE THROTTLE UNTIL THERE WAS NO MORE THROTTLE TO ADVANCE. THERE WAS NO OTHER INDICATION OF SOMETHING WSDR 2008FA0000197Cylinder · separatedNR 3 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM ENGINE CASE.SDR CA080331009Cylinder · cracked(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE INSP, THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A CRACK LOCATED AROUND THE INTAKE HSG. THE VALVE COVER WAS REMOVED AND FURTHER VISUAL INSP REVEALED THE INTAKE VALVE WAS HITTING THE SIDE OF THE INTAKE HOUSING. WE FEEL THE CONSTANT HITTING OF THE HOUSING CAUSSDR WS9R031908001Retainer · brokenDISCOVERED THAT ALL (4) OF THE PUSH ROD TUBE RETAINERS WERE BROKE UPON REMOVING THE ROCKER BOX COVERS. THIS ENGINE HAD JUST BEEN OVERHAULED AND HAS TEST CELL TIME ONLY.SDR 2008FA0000233Cylinder · wornPILOT REPORTED PARTIAL POWER LOSS ON TAKEOFF. ENG INSP REVEALED THE FOLLOWING DISCREPANCIES AND CORRECTIONS AS NOTE: CYL NR 1 HAD BAD INTAKE VALVE SEAT WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR, AND FUEL INJECTOR AIR SCREEN CONTAMINATED. THIS POSSIBLY CAUSED CYL TO BURN LEAN AND SDR 2008FA0000200Cylinder · crackedMUFFLER PRESSURE TEST REVEALED CRACKS IN NR 1 CYLINDER EXHAUST PORT, FWD SIDE. UNKNOWN CYLINDER TIME, WAS BORED .015 INCH OVERSIZE.SDR 2008FA0000198Piston · crackedREMOVAL OF NR 3 CYLINDER FOR REPLACEMENT REVEALED A 1.5 INCH CRACK IN THE UPPER PISTON SKIRT STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PISTON. 885 HOURS SINCE NEW.SDR CA080410009Cylinder Head · crackedPILOT FLYING IN CRUISE FLIGHT, WHEN HE HEARD A POP AND EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. FEATHERED PROPELLER AND LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT. ENGINE CYLINDER REPLACED.SDR WS9R031108001Cylinder Head · crackedVISUAL INSPECTION OF THE CYLINDER AS IT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MFG, REVEALED CRACKED FINS NEAR THE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLE.SDR CA080328002Cylinder Head · separatedHEAD SEPERATED FROM NR 2 CYLINDER AFTER 4.9 HRS AIRTIME. CYLINDER HEAD SEPARATION OCCURRED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. UNEVENTFUL LANDING CARRIED OUT. REPLACEMENT CYLINDER HEAD INSTALLED AND AIRCRAFT COMPLETED ITS MISSION. (TC NR 20080328002)SDR WS9R030608001Cylinder · crackedCRACK BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH CYLINDER HEAD, COOLING FIN.SDR 2008FA0000181Piston · failedNR 6 PISTON DISINTEGRATED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PISTON P/N AEC633099 WAS ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED BY AIRMOTIVE ENGINEERING, INC.(AEC). ENGINE COMPONENTS, INC. (ECI) HAS SINCE BOUGHT OUT AEC. ECI HAS NOT PRODUCED THIS P/N.SDR CA080229012Cylinder · unserviceable(CAN) PILOT HEARD A BANG WHILE IN CRUISE AND NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER. TURNED BACK TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT TO LAND. UPON INSPECTION THE AME FOUND THAT THE NR1 INTAKE VALVE WAS MISSING. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED. WHEN WE REMOVED THE NR1 CYLINDER, WE FOUND THAT THE ISDR CA080305007Exhaust Riser · crackedRT AFT EXHAUST RISER (NR 3 CYL) WAS FOUND CRACKED ALONG WELD DURING REGULARLY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE.SDR 2008FA0000260Cylinder · crackedCRACKED BETWEEN FIN NR1-3, BEHIND INJECTOR. DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. (K)SDR XGN2008F00005Cylinder · crackedCYLINDER CRACKED BETWEEN NR 1-3 FIN BEHIND INJECTOR, DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. (K)SDR XGN2008F00004Cylinder · crackedCYLINDER CRACKED BEHIND NR 1-3 FIN BY FUEL INJECTOR, DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. (K)SDR XGN2008F00003Cylinder · crackedCYLINDER CRACKED BETWEEN FIN NR1-3 BEHIND INJECTOR, DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. (K)SDR CA080318002Stud · brokenDURING WALK AROUND, PILOT NOTICED ENGINE OIL COVERING LT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ENGINE AND FOUND ON NR 2 CYLINDER, ONE BROKEN THROUGH STUD. OIL WAS RUNNING DOWN THROUGH STUD AND EXITING CYLINDER BASE WHERE ATTACH NUT USED TO BESDR CA080317006Cylinder · worn(CAN) ALUMINUM FOUND IN OIL FILTER DURING 100 HR INSP. CYLINDER BOROSCOPED, SUSPECT CYLINDER REMOVED, FWD PISTON PIN FOUND WORN ON NR 1 CYLINDER.SDR CA080222002Cylinder · unserviceable(CAN) FACTORY NEW CYLINDER ASSY RECEIVED FROM MFG WITH INCORRECT EXHAUST AND INTAKE VALVE GUIDES INSTALLED. INTAKE GUIDE P/N 655166 AND EXHAUST GUIDE P/N 636242 ARE REQUIRED IAW SB 04-11. UNABLE TO DETERMINE P/N OF GUIDES ACTUALLY INSTALLED IN NEW CYLINDER. SUSDR 22497Retainer · brokenENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED FOR PROP STRIKE INSPECTION. DURING TEST CELL OPERATION THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED AN OIL LEAK AT THE NR4 CYLINDER. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE PUSH ROD TUBE RETAINER BROKE INSIDE THE ROCKER COVER CAUSING THE TUBE ANSDR CA080208005Pushrod · defective(CAN) THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST PUSHRODS LOCATED AT THE NR1 CYL POSITION WERE NOT DRILLED THROUGH ON ONE END. THIS WOULD NOT ALLOW OIL TO TRAVEL UP THE PUSHROD TO THE ROCKER. (TC NR 20080208005)SDR CA080124016Guide · worn(CAN) RECEIVED CYLINDER FOR REPAIR DUE TO LOW COMPRESSION. WHEN RESURFACING THE VALVE SEATS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE INTAKE GUIDE AND SEAT DID NOT PROPERLY LINE UP. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE LEAK THAT RESULTED IN LOW COMPRESSION. (TC NR 20080124016)SDR CA080123001Cylinder · leaking(CAN) WHILE CARRYING OUT MAINT, CYLINDER NR 4 WAS FOUND LOW ON COMPRESSION 45/80. AIR WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE EXHAUST. (TC NR 20080123001)SDR 2008FA0000074Cylinder · damagedWHILE PERFORMING A COMPRESSION CHECK TO FIND AN OIL LEAK, FOUND NR 1 CYLINDER WITH O COMPRESSION. PULLED CYLINDER OFF AND FOUND THE PLATING ON THE CYLINDER LOOSE AND FLAKING OFF. (K)SDR MLJ2008F00000Piston · failedTHE LT ENGINE WAS EXHIBITING LOW OIL PRESSURE. THE OIL FILTER WAS PULLED, CUT OPEN, AND INSPECTED. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF METAL WAS FOUND. THE ENGINE WAS THEN TORN DOWN FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. CHUNKS OF PISTON SKIRTING WAS FOUND IN THE OIL PAN, NR 2 PISTOSDR N416RAValve Spring · brokenENGINE VIBRATION PROMPTED INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF ENGINE.SDR CA080124014Guide · undersize(CAN) EXHAUST VALVE GUIDES FOUND TO BE 0.002 INCH SMALLER THAN THEY SHOULD BE AFTER 2 CYLINDERS WERE SENT IN FOR REPAIR DUE TO STUCK EXHAUST VALVES. (TC NR 20080124014)
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