Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 152

Difficulty date
March 10, 2016
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 152
Aircraft time
7,581 hours
Engine
Lyc O235L2C
Propeller
Mcauly 1A103TCM
Part
Cylinder
Part number
16A26616
Condition
Oil Consumption
Location
Engine
Part time
453 hours
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) ENGINE WAS O/H ON 2013-10- 29 WITH NEW CYLINDER KITS, PN : 051, 23037. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE FOR OPERATION. ON 2015-0714, WITH A TOTAL OF 389.9 HRS. ALL CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED DUE TO HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. REPAIRS WERE MADE BY AN AMO AND RE-INSTALLED. ON 2015- 10-19 WITH A TOTAL OF 47.3 HRS. SINCE LAST MAINTENANCE ISSUE 437 .2 HRS. SOH, ALL 4 CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED DUE TO HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION, AND REPAIRED BY SAME AMO AND REINSTALLED. ON 2016- 01-11, WITH A TOTAL OF 16.2 HRS. SINCE LAST MAINTENANCE ISSUE, 453 . 4 HRS SOH. ALL 4 CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED DUE TO LOSS OF POWER DURING TAKEOFF, CAUSING AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITH NO EVENT. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, ALL 4 BOTTOM SPARK PLUGS WERE FILLED WITH OIL. THE 4 CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED AND QUARANTINED BY THE SAME AMO AND 4 O/H CYLINDERS WERE REINSTALLED FOR FLIGHT TRAINING OPERATIONS .

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