Service difficulty report · Piston Ring · Robsin R44

Difficulty date
September 26, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Robsin R44
Aircraft time
3,353 hours
Engine
Lyc O540F1B5
Part
Piston Ring
Part number
130L119
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED ENGINE ROUGH AT 80 PERCENT RPM. ACFT WAS GROUNDED AND A COMPRESSION CHECK WAS CONDUCTED. CYLINDER 1 WAS FOUND TO HAVE 58/80 PSI. CYLINDER AND PISTON REMOVED AND COMPRESSION RING WAS FOUND CRACKED. PISTON/CYLINDER REPLACED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.