# SDR 99ZZZX3139

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 15, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N995RA
- Make and model: Cessna U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: U20604252
- Engine: Cont IO520F
- System (JASC): [8500 · Engine (Reciprocating)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/8500)
- Part: Engine
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Engine Bay
- Part time: 3,447 hours
- Stage of operation: CL
- Nature of condition: E, R, J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX3139

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE VIBRATING BADLY AND LOSING POWER ON CLIMB-OUT.  AIRCRAFT MADE A SAFE LANDING AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT.  OIL WAS ALL ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  ON REMOVING THE COWL, A HOLE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES BY 3 INCHES WAS IN THE CASE AND A CONNECTION ROD CAP WHICH APPEARED TO BE NR 3 WAS STICKING OUT OF THE HOLE WHICH WAS AT THE DATA PLATE ATTACH POINT.  THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED.

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