SDR 813200701

Service difficulty report · Rocker Shaft · Gulstm 500B

Difficulty date
August 14, 2007
Submitted
August 14, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518TM
Make and model
Gulstm 500B
Aircraft serial
500B99526
Engine
Lyc IO540E1A5
Engine time
8,872 hours
Part
Rocker Shaft
Part number
72877
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE PILOT NOTICED PARTIAL POWER LOSS. AFTER LANDING THERE WAS A LARGE OIL LEAK FROM THE NR 6 EXHAUST PUSHROD TUBE WHICH HAD BEEN JARRED LOOSE AND UNCLIPPED. THE CAM FOLLOWER WAS BROKEN. THE TANG ON THE ROCKER COVER THAT HOLDS THE EXHAUST ROCKER SHAFT IN WAS BROKEN POSSIBLY LODGING IN THE VALVE SPRING CAUSE EXCESSIVE VALVE LASH.