Service difficulty report · Engine · Mooney M20R

Difficulty date
November 25, 2015
Submitted
January 8, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N898PJ
Make and model
Mooney M20R
Aircraft serial
290109
Aircraft time
1,640 hours
Engine
Cont IO550*
Part
Engine
Part number
TCMIO550G
Part serial
679256
Condition
Power Loss
Part time
1,640 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 15 MILES FROM AIRPORT, ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE TOWER WAS ADVISED AND THE ACFT WAS CLEARED FOR A STRAIGHT IN LANDING. TAXIED TO RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOT ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND FOUND NO COMPRESSION ON NR 6 CYLINDER, REMOVED CYLINDER AND FOUND EXHAUST VALVE BURNED. ALSO, REMOVED NR 1 AND NR 4 CYLINDERS DUE TO LOW COMPRESSION. THE ENGINE HAS NEVER BEEN O/H SINCE NEW AND HAS 1640 TOTAL HOURS.

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