What was found
WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING OIL LEAK, FOUND 3 INCH CRACK RUNNING FROM TOP CENTER BOLT ON CRANKCASE DOWN TO BASE OF NR 3 CYLINDER.
- Difficulty date
- February 3, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N821GS
- Make and model
- Piper PA34200T
- Aircraft serial
- 347770419
- Engine
- Cont LTSIO360E
- System (JASC)
- 8520 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section
- Part
- Crankcase
- Part number
- 643033
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Eng Nr 3 Cyl
- Part time
- 4,509 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.