Service difficulty report · Cylinder Head · Dhav DHC2MKI

Difficulty date
May 22, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC2MKI
Aircraft time
12,673 hours
Engine
Pwa R985AN14B
Propeller
Hamstd 2D30
Part
Cylinder Head
Part number
399353CA1
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ACFT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR INSP WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED BY PILOT. INVESTIGATION OF A LOW CYLINDER COMPRESSION DURING THE DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSSION INSP, REVEALED A CRACK THAT STARTED AT THE FWD SPARK PLUG HOLE AND ENDED AT THE EXHAUST VALVE SEAT. THE CYLINDER ASSY WAS PREVIOUSLY OVERHAULED, O/H FACILITY HAS TRADITIONALLY PUT OUT A GOOD O/H CYLINDER, THIS IS THE FIRST CRACK THAT THIS AIRLINES HAS HAD IN MANY YEARS OF OPERATING THESE CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES.