Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 335

Difficulty date
December 13, 2013
Submitted
January 17, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2708Y
Make and model
Cessna 335
Aircraft serial
3350035
Engine
Cont TSIO520EB
Part
Cylinder
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
784 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

BOTH ENGINES OVERHAULED WITH NEW CYLINDERS. AFTER 784 HR AND 7 YEARS, 5 CYLINDERS WERE FOUND CRACKED AT THE INTAKE PORT AREA. FUEL STAINING WAS OBSERVED RUNNING DOWN THE INTAKE PIPES. PRESSURE TESTING ALSO FOUND CRACK AREAS. THREE CYLINDERS ON ONE SIDE AND TWO CYLINDERS ON THE OTHER. LT ENGINE HAD SEVERE TAPPET SPALLING AND REQUIRED CAM REPLACEMENT. TAPPETS WERE MFG, CYLINDER SERIAL NUMBERS ARE NOT LEGIBLE. CORROSION OF STEEL WHERE SERIAL NUMBERS ARE MARKED.

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