Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Dhav DHC3

Difficulty date
July 29, 2002
Submitted
September 12, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC3
Aircraft time
16,864 hours
Engine
Pwa R134059
Part
Cylinder
Part number
CH91ER
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FLOATS MOVING A CAMP FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN VERY ROUGH. THE PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE WATER AND ADDED CARB HEAT JUST IN CASE IT WAS CARB ICE. WHEN THAT DID NOT HELP HE LANDED ON A LAKE AND CALLED BACK TO BASE. MAINTENANCE STAFF WENT OUT AND FOUND NR 3 CYLINDER WAS CRACKED. CYLINDER WAS CHANGED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.