What was found
AT CRUISE POWER FOR OVER 5 HOURS IN ROUTE MWO-LRD LEFT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO AUS. FOUND NR 1 CYLINDER HEAD SEPARATED FROM THE BARREL.
- Difficulty date
- August 27, 2003
- Submitted
- September 3, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9923S
- Make and model
- Doug DC3C
- Aircraft serial
- 25964
- Engine
- Pwa R183090D
- Engine time
- 3,105 hours
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Cylinder
- Part number
- 116733
- Part serial
- 15584D
- Condition
- Separated
- Location
- Nr 1
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.