Service difficulty report · Intake Valve · Hughes 269C1

Difficulty date
August 8, 2000
Submitted
August 28, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2039B
Make and model
Hughes 269C1
Aircraft serial
0111
Engine
Lyc HO360C1A
Part
Intake Valve
Part number
73938
Condition
Gouged
Location
Engine
Part time
44 hours
Component
Cylinder · Lyc
Component part number
LW12427
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOSS OF POWER. SUSPECTING A STICKING VALVE, AN EXHAUST VALVE WIGGLE CHECK WAS PERFORMED IAW LYC SB SB388B. SINCE EXHAUST VALVE CLEARANCES WERE FOUND WITHIN LIMITS, AN INSP OF THE INTAKE VALVES WAS PERFORMED. INSP OF THE NR 2 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE REVEALED SEVERE GOUGING AND SCORING ON VALVE STEM. MARKS WERE CONSISTENT WITH TOOL JAWS AND BELIEVED TO BE PRODUCED DURING MFG OR ASSY. CYLINDER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. (X)