Service difficulty report · Exhaust Stack · Piper PA23160

Difficulty date
December 12, 2000
Submitted
February 5, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4048P
Make and model
Piper PA23160
Aircraft serial
231525
Part
Exhaust Stack
Part number
1802716
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 3 Cylinder
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

DURING REPAIR OF MASSIVE OIL LEAK ON LEFT ENGINE, FOUND EXHAUST STACK MISSING ON NR3 CYLINDER. STACK BROKEN AT FLANGE AND WAS LYING IN COWL. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLYING THIS WAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. STACK ON NR2 CYLINDER WAS CRACK MORE THAN 50 PERCENT AT FLANGE. OTHER IMPROPER REPAIRS NOTED ON OTHER EXHAUST PIPES. AC HAD JUST PREVIOUSLY BEEN ANNUALED. NEW PARTS WERE INSTALLED.

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