What was found
MAIN EXHAUST SLIP JOINT WAS BULGED AND DEFORMED INTERNALLY, NOT REAL VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE. SLIP JOINT WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION. REPLACED WITH K9910314.1. THE BAD SLIP JOINT WAS A SEALLESS TYPE PART NR 8, MFG UNKNOWN.
- Difficulty date
- October 26, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N420GC
- Make and model
- Cessna 421B
- Aircraft serial
- 421B0464
- System (JASC)
- 7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle
- Part
- Slip Joint
- Condition
- Deformed
- Location
- Exhaust
- 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.