Service difficulty report · Tube · Cirrus SR20

Difficulty date
April 24, 2012
Submitted
May 18, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5959A
Make and model
Cirrus SR20
Aircraft serial
1526
Engine
Cont IO360ES
Part
Tube
Part number
655241
Condition
Chafed
Location
Nr 3 Cylinder
Part time
622 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

THE ACFT DEPARTED GTU AND SHORTLY AFTER, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT IMMEDIATELY. REMOVED TOP COWLING, NOTICED THAT NR 1 AND 5 INTAKE TUBES, WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS CHAFED AND BROKEN. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, NOTICED THAT NR 1 AND 5 INTAKE TUBES MIGHT BE CHAFING AS WELL. REMOVED ALL 3 INTAKE TUBES AND REPOSITIONED THE TUBES TO BE IN THE CERTER OF THE COLLAR THAT HOLDS THEM TO THE CYLINDER. PROBABLE CAUSE IS THAT THE INTAKE TUBE WAS NOT CENTERED IN THE HOLD DOWN COLLAR WHICH OVER TIME THE TUBE CHAFED AGAINST THE COLLAR AND THEN EVENTUALLY BROKE.

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