What was found
DURING AN ENGINE REPAIR, ONE ROCKER ARM WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEVERELY WORN AREA WHERE THE ROCKER ARM PUSHES ON THE VALVE STEM.
- Difficulty date
- October 3, 2017
- Submitted
- October 3, 2017
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N123TM
- Make and model
- Cessna U206F
- Aircraft serial
- 20601768
- Aircraft time
- 14,209 hours
- Engine
- Cont IO520F
- Engine time
- 1,088 hours
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCC3YF1
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Rocker
- Part number
- 652130
- Condition
- Brinelled
- Location
- Engine
- 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.