# SDR EVGR201710130001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 23, 2017
- Submitted: October 13, 2017
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N5302X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5302X), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: U20605621
- Aircraft time: 12,139 hours
- Engine: Cont IO550F
- Engine time: 1,434 hours
- System (JASC): [8520 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/8520)
- Part: Rod Bearing
- Part number: AEC642398
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Nr 1 Conn Rod
- Part time: 1,416 hours
- Component: Connecting Rod, Cont
- Component part number: 655001
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EVGR201710130001

## Discrepancy

DUE TO SLOWLY PROGRESSING OIL CONSUMPTION RATE, PULLED THE NR 1 CYLINDER AND DISCOVERED THE NR 2 CONNECTING ROD CAP WAS LIGHTLY SCRAPING THE BOTTOM PISTON PIN BOSS AREA OF THE NR 1 PISTON. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NR 1 CONNECTING ROD BEARING HAD BROKEN.

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