Service difficulty report · Piston · Diamon DA40NG

Difficulty date
December 22, 2023
Submitted
December 28, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N445L
Make and model
Diamon DA40NG
Aircraft serial
40NC214
Aircraft time
585 hours
Engine
Austro E4
Engine time
585 hours
Part
Piston
Part number
E4A72400000
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 400
Part time
585 hours
Component
Engine · Austro · E4
Component part number
E4A00000BHY
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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE AT APPROXIMATELY 7500’ WHEN THEY EXPERIENCED SOME ENGINE ROUGHNESS, A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THEY LANDED AT THE GEORGETOWN, SC AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30PM. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL ON THE AIRCRAFT, A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE CASE AND USING A BORESCOPE THOUGH THE INJECTORS, A PISTON DAMAGED.

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