Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Diamon DA20A1

Difficulty date
February 7, 2003
Submitted
March 25, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Diamon DA20A1
Aircraft time
1,571 hours
Engine
Rotax ROTAX912F3
Propeller
Hofman HOV352F
Part
Cylinder
Part number
913220
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D, 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) WHILE ESTABLISHED IN CRUISE FLIGHT A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY SUBSTANTIAL ENGINE VIBRATION AND POWER LOSS. THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE READ 0 PSI. THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO IDLE AND A FORCED LANDINGWAS CARRIED OUT.THE PROPELLER STOPPED ROTATING SHORTLY AFTER LANDING. A COMPRESSION CHECK INDICATED EXCESSIVELY LOW COMPRESSIONS IN CYLINDERS NR 1 AND 3. BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM SPARK PLUGS FROM THE NR 1 CYLINDER SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPACT DAMAGE.

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