SDR 2001FA0000001

Service difficulty report · Cam · Cessna 441

Difficulty date: May 15, 2001
Submitted: June 15, 2001
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N4441T
Make and model: Cessna 441
Aircraft serial: 4410133
Engine: Garrtt TPE331*
System (JASC): 8520 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section
Part: Cam
Part number: 8976021
Condition: Mismanufactured
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

AFTER INSTALLING NEWLY OVERHAULED ENGINE ON AIRCRAFT, FOUND THAT THE -30 P.P.C. COULD NOT BE RIGGED. REMOVED P.O.C. AND FOUND THAT THE CAM INSIDE, ALTHOUGH MARKED CORRECTLY (P/N 897602-1), THE CAM WAS MANUFACTURED WRONG. IT HAS THE WRONG CAM PROFILE. REF: SB TPE331-72-0904.

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