Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cvac PBY5A

Difficulty date
July 8, 2000
Submitted
July 24, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cvac PBY5A
Aircraft time
11,295 hours
Engine
Pwa R183092
Part
Cylinder
Part number
84085A1
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cylinder
Component
Cylinder · Pwa
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CLIMB OUT , THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE ENGINE AND RETURNED TO YELLOWKNIFE .MAINTENANCE FOUND 2 CRACKS AT THE EXHAUST PORT OF NR 7 CYLINDER OF THE RT ENGINE. THESE HAD STARTED TO SPREAD AND LIKELY CAUSED THE EXHAUST VALVE TO MALFUNCTION. MAIN OIL SCREEN CHECKED AND SUMP DRAINED, NO CONTAMINATION FOUND. THE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, ENGINE GROUND RUN AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)