What was found
PART WAS REMOVED FROM INVENTORY AND PRECAUTIONARY MPI PERFORMED. CRACKS IN JOURNAL RADII WERE APPARENT. THIS UNIT WAS PREVIOUSLY GROUND AND POLLISHED BY AIR AGENCY. PART IS SCRAP.
- Difficulty date
- February 10, 1998
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Engine
- Lyc O320D2J
- System (JASC)
- 8520 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section
- Part
- Crankshaft
- Part number
- LW17031
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Journal
- 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.