What was found
WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH, CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE OCCURED. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF FAILED ENGINE REVIELD A BROKEN NR 1, (ONE) CONNECTING ROD.
- Difficulty date
- February 23, 2004
- Submitted
- March 17, 2004
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N3370W
- Make and model
- Piper PA32260
- Aircraft serial
- 32216
- Engine
- Lyc O540E4B5
- System (JASC)
- 8520 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section
- Part
- Connecting Rod
- Part number
- LW11750
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 6,526 hours
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R, Y
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.