Service difficulty report · Cylinder Head · Cessna T210N

Difficulty date
December 15, 2012
Submitted
January 11, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4631C
Make and model
Cessna T210N
Aircraft serial
21063582
Engine
Cont TSIO520R
Part
Cylinder Head
Part number
AEC631397
Part serial
1755118
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
880 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

COMPRESSION CHECK AT ANNUAL REVEALED CRACKED HEAD-AD 2004-08-10 NA DUE TO SN AND "A" STAMP. THIS CYLINDER SEEMS TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM AS AD BUT WAS INT INCLUDED. NOTIFIED MFG. AD MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED. FURTHER TESTING WITH SCRAP AND WATER. REVEALED 4 MORE CYLINDERS BAD, CYL RETURNED TO MFG FOR WARRANTY OF 50 PERCENT. AD SHOULD EXTEND TO ALL OF MSB-06-2.

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