Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
May 15, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
5,953 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Cylinder
Part number
LW12966
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION THE COMPRESSION TEST FOR THE LT ENGINE NR 2 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO BE LOW. PILOTS DID NOT REPORT THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING LOW. THE NR 2 CYLINDER ON THE LT ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED, INSPECTED TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE AT OUR LEVEL WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT WEAR OR DAMAGE FOUND. NR 2 CYLINDER ON THE LT ENGINE WAS REPLACED, ENGINE GROUND RUN WITH NO FAULTS FOUND.

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