SDR 2012F00147

Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna U206F

Difficulty date
July 23, 2012
Submitted
August 2, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7138Q
Make and model
Cessna U206F
Aircraft serial
U20603074
Aircraft time
14,842 hours
Engine
Cont IO520F
Engine time
1,128 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
AEC63197
Part serial
20356
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 5
Part time
1,128 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON FIRST RUN UP OF THE DAY PILOT NOTED ACFT RAN ROUGH AND SOUNDED DIFFERENT. MX PERSONAL PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF CYLINDERS AND FOUND NR 5 CYLINDER MISSING SEVERAL COOLING FINS AND A HOLE THE SIZE OF A PENCIL IN THE AREA OF THE EXHAUST PORT ON THE TOP OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. AFTER REMOVING CYLINDER A CRACK WAS NOTED FROM EXHAUST PORT ACROSS TOP SPARK PLUG BOSS TO INJECTOR PORT AND THOUGHT INTAKE PORT. ON THE INSIDE OF CYLINDER A CRACK PROPAGATED FROM TOP SPARK PLUG BOSS TO BOTH INTAKE AND EXHAUST SEATS. PN AEC63197, SN 20356-B, PART TT 1127.8, AD 2004-08-10 ADDRESSES SAME PN CYLINDER BUT LOWER SN THAN EFFECTED PART.

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