Service difficulty report · Exhaust Valve · Tecnam P2006T

Difficulty date
May 29, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Tecnam P2006T
Aircraft time
747 hours
Engine
Rotax ROTAX912S3
Propeller
Mtprop MTV21
Part
Exhaust Valve
Condition
Stuck
Location
Engine
Part time
197 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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) THE RT ENG WOULD NOT START, SO IT WAS SENT TO MX WHERE THEY DISCOVERED ON THE NR 4 CYLINDER, THE EXHAUST VLVS WERE STUCK OPEN & THE PISTON WAS SCORED. THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS REMOVED AS WELL AS THE PISTON. DISCOVERED THAT THE RINGS HAD LOST THEIR TEMPER, BUT THE PISTON & HEAD WERE OK. THIS IS AN ENG THAT WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE IN AUGUST 2014 & HAD ONLY 197 HOURS ON IT. THE ACFT HAS 933.6 HOURS ON THE AIRFRAME.