SDR 96ZZZX4104

Service difficulty report · Rocker Cover · Enstrm F28F

Difficulty date
July 8, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N210PD
Make and model
Enstrm F28F
Aircraft serial
805
Engine
Lyc HIO360F1AD
Part
Rocker Cover
Part number
68795
Condition
Grooved
Location
Engine
Part time
547 hours
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

ENGINE DISASSEMBLED DUE TO ROTOR BLADE STRIKE. FOUND SEVERAL DEEP RINGS WORN IN ROCKER COVERS WHERE ROCKER SHAFTS RIDE. (NOT CAUSED BY ACCIDENT.) SUBMITTER STATED THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED ON OTHER TYPES OF LYCOMINGS BY INSTALLATION OF PLASTIC THRUST BUTTONS, BUT NOT ON THIS TYPE.