What was found
THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WITH A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE EXHAUST VALVE, THE UPPER VALVE SPRING SEAT, PN LW-16475, AND THE VALVE STEM CAP, PN 17C19386, WERE FOUND BROKEN.
- Difficulty date
- January 18, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N4803S
- Make and model
- Piper PA32260
- Aircraft serial
- 321188
- Engine
- Lyc O540E4B5
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Valve
- Part number
- LW19001
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Nr 3 Cyclinder
- Part time
- 1,000 hours
- Stage of operation
- CL
- Nature of condition
- E, R
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.