Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 404

Difficulty date
January 6, 2006
Submitted
January 25, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N155TT
Make and model
Cessna 404
Aircraft serial
4040443
Engine
Cont GTSIO520M
Part
Cylinder
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 5
Part time
700 hours
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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE POWER CONFIGURATION. NR 5 CYLINDER BARREL ON RT ENGINE CRACKED AND SEPARATED APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES FROM MOUNTING BASE IN THE BARREL AREA. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE PISTON AND CONNECTING ROD AT THE TIME OF SEPARATION. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. (K)

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