SDR 95ZZZX4484

Service difficulty report · Pipe · Cessna T210N

Difficulty date
August 16, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5310A
Make and model
Cessna T210N
Aircraft serial
21063362
Part
Pipe
Part number
K1250860203
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Cyls 2,4,6, Exh
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE PERFORMING A PRESSURE TEST OF THE EXHAUST IAW AD 71-09-07, NOTED EXCESSIVE LEAK AT THE CLAMP AFT OF THE NR 2 CYLINDER BELOW THE ALTERNATOR AND ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP. ONCE THE CLAMP WAS REMOVED, IT WAS NOTED THAT BOTH EXHAUST PIPES WERE THE SAME SIZE AND WOULD NOT SLIP-FIT INTO EACH OTHER. THE PIPES, PN 12508690-90, AND THE KNISLEY FAA-PMA'ED PIPE, PN K1250860-203, WERE NEVER INSTALLED CORRECTLY AND THE EXHAUST LEAK WAS BLOWING DIRECTLY ON THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP. THIS WAS NOTED BY THE ANEROID HOUSING BEING STAINED BY THE EXHAUST.

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