What was found
DURING LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 3000FT, PILOT EXPERIENCE CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. THE FORWARD PILOT SIDE CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE WHICH ALSO TOOK THE UPPER AND LOWER SECTION OF THE CASE HALF WITH IT.
- Difficulty date
- July 7, 2017
- Submitted
- July 17, 2017
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N5331K
- Make and model
- Cessna 172C
- Aircraft serial
- 172S9337
- Aircraft time
- 7,072 hours
- Engine
- Lyc IO360L2A
- Engine time
- 4,931 hours
- Propeller
- Mcauly 1A170E
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Cylinder
- Condition
- Separated
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 4,931 hours
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- Y
- Precautionary procedure
- E, A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.