Service difficulty report · Valve · Piper PA32R300

Difficulty date
October 10, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA32R300
Engine
Lyc IO540K1G5
Part
Valve
Part number
73938
Condition
Broken
Location
Cyl Head Exh
Part time
1,212 hours
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN)PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ON APPRAOCH. POST FLIGHT INVESTIGATION REVEALED ONE OF THE EXHAUST VALVES HAD FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM ITS STEM AND DESTROYED THE PISTON CROWN AND CYLINDER CA P. THE EXHAUST VALVES ON ALL CYLINDERS INDICATED A "TULIP" CONDITION. THE FUEL AND INDUCTION SYSTEMS WERE CLEANED AND INSPECTED AND ALL NEW STEEL CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES WERE INSTALLED.

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