Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech A36

Difficulty date
May 11, 2007
Submitted
June 14, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N814JG
Make and model
Beech A36
Aircraft serial
E2622
Engine
Cont IO550*
Part
Engine
Part serial
675591
Condition
Failed
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, Y, T
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

ON MAY 11, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 EST, 2205Z, A BEECH BE-36-A36 BONANZA, N814JG, S/N E-2622, AT CRUISE HAD A DECREASE IN ENGINE CYLINDER TEMPERATURE, FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE POWER WITH SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. PILOT WALKED AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A HOLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND ENGINE COWLING APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER WHICH WAS LIMITED TO SHEET METAL DAMAGE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THE FORWARD UPPER CASE OF THE ENGINE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED REVEALING SEVERAL DAMAGED PISTONS, PISTON CONNECTING RODS BROKEN AND NR 6 CONNECTING ROD MISSING, ALONG WITH SEVERAL CRANK

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