Service difficulty report · Crankcase · Cessna U206G

Difficulty date
October 25, 2012
Submitted
November 8, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6405X
Make and model
Cessna U206G
Aircraft serial
U20605870
Aircraft time
6,097 hours
Engine
Cont IO550F
Engine time
1,044 hours
Propeller
Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
Part
Crankcase
Condition
Punctured
Location
Engine
Part time
1,044 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
T, R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON SHORT FINAL, PILOT HEARD AN AUDIBLE BANG WITH ENGINE RUNNING SLIGHTLY ROUGH, MAKING A DIFFERENT NOISE AND NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER. CONTINUED TO LANDING WITH OUT INCIDENT AND DURING TAXI TO TURN OUT STARTED ACCUMULATING OIL ON WINDSCREEN. REMOVED TOP COWL AND FOUND A LARGE HOLE BELOW OIL FILLER PORT ABOVE NR 4 CYLINDER. NR 4 CONNECTING ROD HAD PENETRATED CASE. ENGINE HAD 1043.7 SINCE FACTORY REBUILT AND 822.2 HRS SINCE A MANDATORY PROP STRIKE TEAR DOWN INSPECTION.

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