SDR 99ZZZX2958

Service difficulty report · Exhaust Pipe · Piper PA31P

Difficulty date
July 20, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N12GF
Make and model
Piper PA31P
Aircraft serial
31P7300134
Part
Exhaust Pipe
Part number
78008
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
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 LOW MANIFOLD PRESSURE ON RIGHT ENGINE. AFTER DETERMINING PROBLEM ON RIGHT ENGINE, CHECKED LEFT ENGINE AND FOUND P/N LW10798 ADAPTER WITH SLOTS CUT LENGTHWISE IN SLIP JOINT AREA. SEVERAL CRACKS ENAMATE FROM THE END OF THESE SLOTS. REPLACED ADAPTER AND FOUND INTERCONNECTING PIPE P/N 78008 WOULD NOT FIT WITHOUT GROSS DISTORTION.

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