SDR H0VC42909

Service difficulty report · Connecting Rod · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
April 29, 2009
Submitted
May 6, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N200SJ
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
9,244 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Engine time
1,740 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Connecting Rod
Part number
LW193325
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
1,740 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Z
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ON APPROACH A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM THE RT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE. THE RT OIL DOOR ON TOP OF THE ENGINE COWL POPPED OPEN AND OIL WAS SEEN STREAMING FROM THE COWL. AT THE SAME TIME THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH WITH A NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN INDICATED OIL PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, EGT AND CHT. WITHIN 5 SECONDS THE PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED AND THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THE AIRPLANE PROCEEDED TO LAND NORMALLY WITH NO EMERGENCY DECLARED AND NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

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