Service difficulty report · Exhaust Pipe · Gruman FIRECAT

Difficulty date
August 21, 2009
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Gruman FIRECAT
Aircraft time
11,190 hours
Engine
Wright 982C9HE2
Propeller
Hamstd 43D51
Part
Exhaust Pipe
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cylinder Flange
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

WHILE TAXIING TO POSITION ON THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF THE LT FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED AS POWER WAS ADDED, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED. FOUND 3 CRACKED EXHAUST PIPES, 2 OF WHICH HAD BROKEN OFF OF THE CYLINDERS NR 4 AND 5. FIREWALL WAS INSPECTED SERVICEABLE, PIPES WERE REPLACED.