# SDR 2026FA0000625

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 6, 2026
- Submitted: August 6, 2026
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N985DS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N985DS), registered now
- Engine: Lyc IO360M1A
- Engine time: 1,353 hours
- System (JASC): [7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7810)
- Part: Exhaust Riser
- Part number: 6068403
- Condition: Severed
- Location: Engine
- Stage of operation: AP
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: D, B, E
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2026FA0000625

## Discrepancy

N985DS WAS SHOOTING APPROACHES INTO KWRI WHEN A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND EXHAUST WAS SMELLED IN THE CABIN.  AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. UPON EVALUATION BY MAINTENANCE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE #3 EXHAUST RISER HAD SEVERED ADJACENT TO THE "Y" WELD AND WAS LAYING INSIDE THE COWLING.

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