SDR 03IN170035

Service difficulty report · Cylinder Head · Gulstm 500S

Difficulty date
June 21, 2003
Submitted
July 2, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N507JP
Make and model
Gulstm 500S
Aircraft serial
3262
Aircraft time
5,468 hours
Engine
Lyc AEIO540L1B5
Engine time
5,468 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCC3YR2
Part
Cylinder Head
Part number
LW13535
Part serial
430131
Condition
Departed
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, E, K
Precautionary procedure
E

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

A/C EXPERIENCED ENG PROBLEMS APPROX 2 MINUTES AFTER INITIATING DESCENT FROM 11,500. PILOT NOTICED VIBRATION, OBSERVED RT ENG FUEL FLOW FLUCTUATING. ENRICHED FUEL MIXTURES AND TURNED ON FUEL PUMPS. VIBR CONTINUED, PILOT MOVED RT THROTTLE BACK, THEN UP TO CONFIRM PROBLEM WAS WITH RT ENG. AT THIS TIME, VIBR WORSENED FOLLOWED BY LOUD THUMP AND LARGE BANG. PASSENGER WITNESSED PARTS FLYING OFF RT ENG. PILOT NOTICED GUAGES FOR RT ENG GO TO ZERO AND THEN FEATHERED, SHUT DOWN ENG, ELECTED TO CONTINUE WHERE HE LANDED SAFELY. INSP REVIELED THAT NR 5 CYL HAD SEPARATED FROM ENG CASE CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENG COWLING AND RT WING LE. CYL DID STAY WITH A/C. ENG HAD 6 NEWLY O/H CYL INSTALLED 10 FLIGHT HOURS EARLIER.