Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 421B

Difficulty date
December 18, 2000
Submitted
January 25, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8004Q
Make and model
Cessna 421B
Aircraft serial
421B004
Engine
Cont GTSIO520H
Part
Cylinder
Part number
642344
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT NOTICED RT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. SHUT DOWN ENGINE, DURING INSPECTION FOUND THAT NR5 CYLINDER WAS COLD, WITH COMPRESSION TEST, RESULTS WAS 0/80. FOUND EXHST STUD AND NUT MISSING, ALSO REVEALED BURN MARKS FROM EXHST AND MANY CRACKS AROUND EXHST PORT AND SPK PLUG HOLE. RMVD EXHST SYSTM AND CYL, EXHST VLV WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE SEAT WITH LOOSE SEAT BECAUSE OF CRACKS THROUGH SEAT AREA. POOR COND. OF CYL PRIOR TO O/H . EXTENT OF RECOND REQUIRED TO REPAIR PREVIOUS DAMAGE EVIDENT BY WELD AROUND SPK PLUG HOLES AND PORTS WAS TO MUCH FOR CYLINDER IN THIS COND. DAMAGE AROUND EXHST PORT., IMPROPER INSTALL OF STUD OR REPAIR OF HOLES ARE WHERE CRKS STARTED THEN EXHST BURN THRU.

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