Service difficulty report · Cylinder Head · Cessna 310Q

Difficulty date
August 15, 2011
Submitted
August 16, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N316RA
Make and model
Cessna 310Q
Aircraft serial
1974
Aircraft time
2,894 hours
Engine
Cont IO470VO
Engine time
953 hours
Propeller
Mcauly D2AF34C71
Part
Cylinder Head
Part number
EC646144CN
Part serial
8980910
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
953 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF FROM CRUISE CLIMB. ACFT WAS ALLOWED TO ACCELERATE TO CRUISE SPEED. POWER WAS SET TO CRUISE POWER SETTINGS OF 23/23 IN MP AND 2300/2300 RPM. FUEL FLOW WAS SET AT 12/12 GPH. APPROX 10 MINUES LATER, A SLIGHT JOLT WAS FELT WITH A CONTINUED SLIGHT ROUGHNESS. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH ENGINE WAS AFFECTED (OR IF IT WAS AN ENGINE). TRIED TROUBLSHOOTING BY REDUCING MP ON LH ENGINE THEN THE RH ENGINE AND CHECKING THE MAG DROP. THERE WAS NO DECERNABLE CHANGE IN ROUGHNESS, OIL TEMP, OIL PRESS, CHT. NO VISIBLE SMOKE, OIL LEAK, OR COWL VIBRATION. CONTINUED FLIGHT WHILE MONITORING ENGINE GAGES, ROUGHNESS, ETC. DURING LANDING WITH REDUCED POWER, ROUGHNESS INCREASED. LANDED NORMALLY, NOTED RT RPM WAS 100 RPM HIGHER THAN LT ENGINE WITH BOTH THROTTLE CONTROLS PULLED TO IDLE.

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