Service difficulty report · Connecting Rod · Beech 95B55

Difficulty date
December 6, 2018
Submitted
February 18, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N955D
Make and model
Beech 95B55
Aircraft serial
TC2195
Aircraft time
2,417 hours
Engine
Cont IO470L
Engine time
1,033 hours
Propeller
Hartzl BHCC2YF2
Part
Connecting Rod
Part number
655910
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
1,033 hours
Component
Cylinder · Cont · IO470L
Component part number
655910
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT FELT A SHUDDER OF THE LEFT ENGINE AND IT SHUT DOWN ON ITS OWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION WE FOUND THAT THE PROP DID NOT FEATHER, THE ENGINE SEIZED, THERE ARE THREE HOLES IN THE TOP ON THE LEFT ENGINE CASE HALF, OBSERVED THROUGH THE LARGER HOLE IN THE CASE HALF THAT THE NR 4 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD WAS BROKEN AND THE CONNECTING ROD CAP WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. IT HAD COME UP THROUGH THE LARGER HOLE. IT HAD ALSO PUT A SMALL DENT IN THE TOP COWL.

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