Service difficulty report · Cylinder Head · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
November 14, 2018
Submitted
November 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4087G
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
318152127
Aircraft time
5,257 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Engine time
1,646 hours
Part
Cylinder Head
Part number
LW12966
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3
Part time
638 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AFTER START UP. INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE #3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE SEAT/VALVE HAD DROPPED OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. LYCOMING FACTORY OVERHAULED ENGINE WITH 637.5 TSOH, 1646.2 TTSN.

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