Service difficulty report · Plenum · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
May 23, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft time
5,454 hours
Engine
Cont IO240B
Part
Plenum
Part number
653885
Condition
Cracked
Location
Intake
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) AIRCRAFT WAS SNAGGED FOR RUNNING VERY ROUGH AT IDLE, EXTENSIVE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT ALL 3 INDUCTION INTAKE TUBES OF THE ENGINE WERE CRACKED ON THEIR FLANGES. FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD PLENUM MOUNTING POINT WAS LOOSE CAUSING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION TO ALL 4 TUBES CAUSING THEM TO CRACK. (TC# 20190523001)

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