Service difficulty report · Intake Valve · Piper PA32R301T

Difficulty date
October 21, 2023
Submitted
November 29, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4187A
Make and model
Piper PA32R301T
Aircraft serial
3257202
Aircraft time
1,878 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540AH1A
Engine time
500 hours
Part
Intake Valve
Part number
17A23937
Part serial
Z17A23937H717171
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine Cylinder
Part time
500 hours
Component
Cylinder · Lyc
Component part number
LW12988
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF ROLL AND TAKE OFF WAS SAFELY ABORTED. FOUND NO COMPRESSION ON CYLINDER #6 AND DETERMINED THE ENTIRE INTAKE VALVE WAS MISSING. FOUND VALVE IN THREE PIECES IN INTAKE PLENUM. VALVE STEM TIP HAD SEPARATED FROM THE VALVE STEM AT THE KEEPER GROOVE AND WAS STILL IN THE ROTATOR CAP. LIFTER, PUSH ROD ENDS, ROCKER, VALVE SPRING RETAINER AND KEEPERS WERE STILL IN PLACE AND UNREMARKABLE. PARTS SENT TO LYCOMING FOR EVALUATION.

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