Service difficulty report · Tappet · Socata TB20TRINIDAD

Difficulty date
October 20, 2004
Submitted
March 2, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N882
Make and model
Socata TB20TRINIDAD
Aircraft serial
2161
Engine
Lyc IO540C4D5
Propeller
Hartzl HCC3YR
Part
Tappet
Part number
72877
Condition
Missing
Location
Engine
Component
Engine · Lyc
Component part number
IO540C4DSD
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

ON ANNUAL 100 HR INSP, OIL STRAINER CLEANED, METAL PIECE FOUND IN STRAINER, METAL PIECE SENT TO MFG FOR ANALYSIS, REPORT INDICATED. PIECE FROM TAPPET BODY. CYCLE REDUCED, INSP OF TAPPPET BODIES, FOUND NIS INLET, BODY WITH PIECE MISSING FROM SURFACE, PROBABLE CAUSE MFG DEFECT. ALSO NOTICED, ON CYLINDER REMOVAL, SEVERE CORRODION OF 4 CYLS, WHICH RESULTED IN CYLS, WHICH RESULTED IN CYL BEING SCRAP. (K)