Service difficulty report · Washer · Stnson 10B

Difficulty date
October 16, 2003
Submitted
November 19, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8868K
Make and model
Stnson 10B
Aircraft serial
1081868
Aircraft time
2,050 hours
Engine
Frnkln 6A4150B3
Engine time
2,050 hours
Propeller
Mcauly 1A170DM
Part
Washer
Part number
17726
Condition
Broken
Location
Valve Spring
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SEVERE ENGINE ROUGHNESS OCCURRED WHILE IN FLIGHT. AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. NR 1 CYLINDER FOUND TO HAVE NO COMPRESSION. FOUND THAT PN 17726 VALVE SPRING WASHER HAD FAILED ALLOWING INTAKE VALVE TO DROP INTO CYLINDER NR 1. ENGINE TSMOH 1106. TIME SINCE TOP OVERHAUL 418.45. I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF PART WAS REPLACED AT MAJOR OVERHAUL OR TOP OVERHAUL. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED AS A CORRECTION TO THE DIFFICULTY DATE. PREVIOUS REPORT HAD DATE OF 11/19/2003. ACTUAL DATE OF OCCURENCE WAS 10/16/2003.