Service difficulty report · Cylinder Head · Hughes 269C1

Difficulty date
July 15, 2007
Submitted
August 1, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2021G
Make and model
Hughes 269C1
Aircraft serial
0095
Aircraft time
3,246 hours
Engine
Lyc HO360C1A
Engine time
3,246 hours
Part
Cylinder Head
Part number
AEL85099IR
Part serial
158633
Condition
Separated
Location
Engine
Part time
1,046 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, D, K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

2 NR CYLINDER HEAD ASSEMBLY APPEARS TO HAVE FAILED DURING FLIGHT RESULTING IN A SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION AND A FORCED LANDING. EXAMINATION OF UPPER HALF OF FAILED CYLINDER ASSEMBLY REVEALS THAT A CRACK OCCURRED AND PROPAGATED SYMMETRICALLY AROUND THE CYLINDER APPROXIMATELY .3750 BENEATH WHERE THE CYLINDER BARREL MEETS THE CYLINDER HEAD. NO INTERNAL CYLINDER /PISTON DAMAGE WAS VISUALLY OBSERVED.