Service difficulty report · Exhaust Pipe · Cirrus SR22

Difficulty date
December 21, 2004
Submitted
March 15, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N990P
Make and model
Cirrus SR22
Aircraft serial
0945
Engine
Cont IO550N
Part
Exhaust Pipe
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
254 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

AIRCRAFT OWNER SQUAWKED MANIFOLD PRESSURE AT 11 PERCENT. FOUND EXHAUST CRACKED AT NR 5 CYLINDER EXHAUST PORT. CRACK EMINATES FROM REAR OF MOUNTING FLANGE AND SPIRALS DOWN COUNTER CLOCKWISE SEVERAL INCHES FROM THERE.

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