Service difficulty report · Cap · Cessna 150M

Difficulty date
October 2, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 150M
Aircraft time
9,633 hours
Engine
Cont O200A
Part
Cap
Condition
Failed
Location
Piston Pin
Part time
1,451 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WITH SUBSEQUENT POWER LOSS AT CRUISE SETTING. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD UNEVENTFUL. INITIAL ENGINE INSPECTION REVEALED LOW COMPRESSION ON CYLINDER 1, CONSISTENT WITH INTAKE VALVE LEAK. CYLINDER REMOVED AT NEXT OCCASION REVEALED PISTON PIN CAP, ALUMINUM PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN CYLINDER WALL. ALL MOVING COMPONENTS WITHIN CYLINDER ASSY, VALVE, ROCKER PIN, CONNECTING ROD ETC SHOW NORMAL USE AND FUNCTIONING. OIL FILTER SCREEN REMOVED SHOWED METAL CONTAMINATION. ENGINE HAD UNDERGONE PROGRESSIVE CARE INSPECTION PHASE NR 1 APPROXIMATELY 4 HRS PREVIOUS. NO DIFFICULTY OR ABNORMAL OBSERVATIONS NOTED. SCREEN INSPECTION SHOWED NO CONTAMINATIONS. NO HISTORICAL CYLINDER ISSUES NOTED FROM COMPONENT ENTRY INTO SERVICE.

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