SDR 95ZZZX631

Service difficulty report · Stack · Piper PA32300

Difficulty date
January 13, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6868D
Make and model
Piper PA32300
Aircraft serial
3240608
Part
Stack
Part number
6879300
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Exhaust
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED A HOLE BURNED IN RIGHT SIDE OF THE LOWER ENGINE COWL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND RIGHT SIDE EXHAUST STACK HAD A 1 INCH BY 1.50 INCH HOLE IN IT WITH A CRACK EXTENDING FROM THE HOLE. THE CRACK EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE STACK. THE HOLE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE PORTION OF THE STACK AT THE POINT WHERE IT BENDS TOWARDS THE MUFFLER.

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