Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
October 8, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Part
Cylinder
Part number
O5K21108
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Eng
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
R, K
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) FIFTEEN MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND RPM CHANGE ON NR2 ENGINE. ONE MINUTE LATER OIL BEGAN LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND SECURED AND THE FLIGHT CARRIED ON TO NEAREST AIRPORT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND A CYLINDER CRACKED PERPENDICULAR TO THE COOLING FINS. HOT GASES MELTED AND BENT THE VALVE PUSH ROD.

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