# SDR 2023FA0000204

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 20, 2023
- Submitted: April 11, 2023
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N723CE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N723CE), registered now
- Engine: Cont TSIO550K
- Engine time: 1,514 hours
- System (JASC): [8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/8530)
- Part: Cylinder
- Condition: Cracked
- Part time: 1,514 hours
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: E, J, R
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2023FA0000204

## Discrepancy

HEARD A BANG AND SAW PRESSURE DROP IN #3 CYLINDER.  PLANE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, AT WHICH POINT I DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED TO BE VECTORED TO TERRE HAUTE IN, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A SAFE LANDING WHILE STILL UNDER POWER.

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