Service difficulty report · Valve Spring · Mooney M20J

Difficulty date
October 10, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Mooney M20J
Aircraft time
4,116 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360A3B6D
Part
Valve Spring
Part number
LW12993
Condition
Broken
Location
Intake Valve
Part time
471 hours
Component
Cylinder · Lyc
Component part number
05K21120
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT 3500AGL. AT APPROXIMATELY 18 MINUTES ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT CHECKED ALL INSTRUMENT, ALL WAS NORMAL EXCEPT NR 1 CYLINDER CHT WAS LOW, INDICATING FAILURE. AIRCRAFT BEGIN LOSING ALTITUDE AND FORTUNATELY LANDED SAFELY. DURING INVESTIGATION BY AN AME, NR 1 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE SPRING (INNER) HAD BROKEN IN FOUR PIECES.

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