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Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 414A

Difficulty date
January 9, 2004
Submitted
January 22, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468TW
Make and model
Cessna 414A
Aircraft serial
414A0071
Engine
Cont TSIO520NB
Part
Cylinder
Part number
711
Part serial
91745
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PILOT REPORTED VIBRATION AFTER 2 HRS INTO FLIGHT, COULD NOT DETERMINE ORIGIN OF VIBRATION. ANOTHER PILOT PERFORMED GROUND RUN-UP AND COULD NOT DETECT VIBRATION. PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT AND AFTER 15 MINUTES A VIBRATION OCCURRED, PILOT NARROWED VIBRATION ORIGIN TO LT ENGINE AND PERCEIVED A RT MAGNETO PROBLEM. AFTER LANDING, A MECHANIC RAN UP AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE RT MAG ON THE LT ENGINE ROUGH. AFTER UNCOILING THE LT ENGINE FOUND NR 2 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM BARREL. ALSO FOUND ENG WOULD NOT IDLE BELOW 1400 RPM. (PTRS NR GL11200406248)

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