What was found
OIL ON WINDSCREEN. ON CLEANING ENGINE, A CRACK WAS FOUND ABOUT 4 INCHES IN LENGTH FROM THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET ACROSS THE RT UPPER SECTION OF THE CASE.
- Difficulty date
- December 4, 2013
- Submitted
- December 30, 2013
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N263HB
- Make and model
- Cirrus SR20
- Aircraft serial
- 1369
- Engine
- Cont IO360ES
- System (JASC)
- 8520 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section
- Part
- Case
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 1,234 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.