Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna U206G

Difficulty date
October 21, 2005
Submitted
December 2, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna U206G
Aircraft time
7,339 hours
Engine
Cont IO520F
Propeller
Mcauly D3A34C404
Part
Cylinder
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) 7 HOURS ON OH ENG, MTCE WAS NOTIFIED VIA RADIO RELAY THAT AC WAS HAVING ENG TROUBLE. JUST ABLE TO MAINT ALTITUDE, AROUND 2500 FT, ENG WAS SURGING, SPUTTERING. NOTHING PILOT DID RECTIFIED PROBLEM. CONFIRMING FUEL, PUMPS MADE NO DIFFERENCE, MTCE, OPS INSTRUCTED PILOT TO MAKE IMMEDIATE LANDING. 2 ENGINEERS FOUND NR 6 CYL W/ NO COMPRESSION, BENT PUSH RODS. CYL, PUSH RODS WERE SENT NEXT DAY, UPON REMOVAL OF CYL IT WAS FOUND EXHAUST VALVE HAD BUSTED ON STEM, HAMMERED ITSELF INTO VALVE SEAT, PISTON. SERV CYL PISTON, RODS INSTALLED, AC WAS FLOWN BACK TO BASE, ON APPROACH ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH W/ UNEVENTFUL LANDING. IT WAS FOUND THAT RODS HAD BENT AGAIN W/ NO DAMAGE TO CYL OR VALVES. ENG REMOVED FROM SERV.

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