# SDR AU990814

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 17, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Engine: Cont IO240A
- System (JASC): [7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7810)
- Part: Exhaust Pipe
- Part number: 7210D1903
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Engine
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU990814

## Discrepancy

(AUS) ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE CRACKED IN THE AREA BELOW THE MOUNT FLANGE ATTACHMENT WELD. THE CRACK HAD PROGRESSED FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE PIPE CIRCUMFERENCE.

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