# SDR 95ZZZX5601

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 12, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N18MC
- Make and model: Piper PA-31P
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 31P7300143
- System (JASC): [7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7810)
- Part: Stack
- Part number: 78011
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Nr 6 Exhaust
- Stage of operation: CL
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: E, A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX5601

## Discrepancy

NR 6 EXHAUST STACK BROKEN AT FLANGE.  LEAKING EXHAUST GASSES DAMAGED WIRING AND COWL NEXT TO STACK.  PROBLEM OCCURRED DURING CLIMB-OUT, ENGINE WAS SECURED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  TIME ON STACK UNKNOWN.  BREAK APPEARED TO HAVE OCCURRED OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AS INDICATED BY EXHAUST GAS STAIN ON BROKEN PIECES.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF EXHAUST PARTS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH AS THE CONSTANT HEAT CYCLING FATIGUES THE PARTS.

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