SDR FFKA123

Service difficulty report · Piston · Piper PA34200T

Difficulty date
December 17, 2007
Submitted
December 21, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N553DM
Make and model
Piper PA34200T
Aircraft serial
347670330
Aircraft time
7,523 hours
Engine
Cont LTSIO360EB
Engine time
2,499 hours, 706 cycles
Part
Piston
Part number
646743
Condition
Burned
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, K, J
Precautionary procedure
B, E, A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF POWER ON THE RT ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A COMPRESSION CHECK ON THE CYLINDERS AND FOUND ZERO PRESSURE ON (1) OF THE CYLINDERS. UPON REPLACEMENT OF CYLINDER IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PISTON HAD A (HOLE) DOWN THE SIDE OF THE PISTON. REPLACED PISTON AND NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED.

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