Service difficulty report · Cylinder Head · Parten P68C

Difficulty date
October 15, 2014
Submitted
October 27, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N684KW
Make and model
Parten P68C
Aircraft serial
387
Aircraft time
2,700 hours, 2,000 cycles
Engine
Lyc IO360A1B6
Engine time
2,700 hours, 2,000 cycles
Part
Cylinder Head
Part number
LW10925
Part serial
5B018
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
2,700 hours, 2,000 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, E
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 4,000 FT, HEARD AND FELT A SUDDEN VIBRATION. LOOKED TO THE LT ENGINE AND SAW THAT IT WAS VIBRATING MORE THAN NORMAL, AND THEN OIL BEGAN COMING OUT OF THE COWL. PLACED THE LT THROTTLE LEVER IN THE IDLE POSITION, FOLLOWED BY THE PROP LEVER TO THE FEATHER POSITION, THEN THE MIXTURE TO THE IDLE-CUT-OFF POSITION. THE ENGINE FEATHERED NORMALLY. DECLARED AND EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. SINGLE-ENGINE DESCENT, APPROACH AND LANDING WERE UNEVENTFUL. AFTER SHUTDOWN WE DE-COWLED THE ENGINE AND SAW THAT CYLINDER NR 3 HAD CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH AT THE HEAD, SEPARATING FROM THE CYLINDER BORE.

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