Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Dhav DHC3

Difficulty date
September 12, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC3
Engine
Pwa R1340*
Part
Cylinder
Part number
20578A1
Condition
Separated
Location
Eng Nr 1 Cyl
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON DESCENT, FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, WITH REDUCED POWER, THE ENGINE BACKFIRED AND QUIT. POWER OFF LANDING CARRIED OUT ON LAKE. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED FOR TAXIING, BUT RAN ROUGH AND WAS SHUTDOWN. INSPECTION FOUND THE NR1 CYLINDER HEAD HAD SEPARATED THROUGH THE CENTRE WITH THE ENTIRE INTAKE VALVE HOUSING. INTAKE VALVE PIECES ENTER BLOWER DIFFUSER SECTION WITH SOME PIECES FOUND IN NR5 AND NR6 CYLINDER INDUCTION PIPES. THE EXHAUST VALVE WAS ALSO BROKEN AND POUNDED INTO A TRIANGULAR SHAPE AND REMAINED IN THE CYLINDER UPPER CHAMBER. THERE WAS HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS DEEMED UNREPAIRABLE AND REMOVED.