What was found
THE EXHAUST EAR OF NR 13 CYLINDER DEVELOPED A CRACK WHICH AFFECTED THE VALVE CLEARANCE OF THE EXHAUST VALVE, RESULTING IN A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. CYLINDER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- March 11, 2006
- Submitted
- June 6, 2006
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Doug DC3CS1C3G
- Aircraft time
- 26,550 hours
- Engine
- Pwa R183092
- Propeller
- Hamstd 23E50
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Cylinder
- Part number
- 1830
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 13
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.