Service difficulty report · Exhaust Pipe · Pipis VIRUS912

Difficulty date
March 9, 2023
Submitted
March 9, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2246
Make and model
Pipis VIRUS912
Aircraft serial
856
Aircraft time
500 hours
Part
Exhaust Pipe
Condition
None
Part time
500 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CRACKED MUFFLER WHERE EXHAUST ENTERS FROM CYLINDERS. DISCOVERED DURING OIL CHANGE. HAVE ORDERED AND WILL INSTALL PIPISTREL REPLACEMENT EXHAUST SYSTEM MADE BY AKROPOVIC (TITANIUM INSTEAD OF OEM STEEL EXHAUST). AIRCRAFT IS A 2017 PIPISTREL VIRUS WITH THE ROTAX 912UL2 ENGINE AND PIPISTREL VARIO PROPELLER. I'M THE OWNER AND HAVE DISCOVERED PIPISTREL DOES NOT SELL STEEL EXHAUST SYSTEMS ANYMORE (DUE TO THIS CRACKING PROBLEM).

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