Service difficulty report · Plug · Gulstm 500B

Difficulty date
October 16, 2009
Submitted
November 3, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N324RR
Make and model
Gulstm 500B
Aircraft serial
1386139
Engine
Lyc IO540E1A5
Engine time
10,537 hours
Part
Plug
Part number
60828
Condition
Damaged
Location
Piston Pin
Part time
1,246 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

LT ENG STARTED LOSING RPM. PILOT REPORTED FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED BELOW NORMAL RANGE BUT HAVE TO BELIEVE IT WAS OIL PRESSURE. ENG WAS CAGED AND LANDED SAFELY. THE OIL PRESSURE SCREEN WAS FULL OF ALUMINUM RESTRICTING OIL FLOW TO THE ENG. ON TEARDOWN, THE NR 4 CYL WRIST PIN PLUG WAS BALLED UP TO ABOUT HALF ITS NORMAL SIZE AND THE REMAINING METAL WAS FLUSHED THRU THE ENG AND INTO THE OIL SCREENS.