Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Piper PA46310P

Difficulty date
November 9, 2014
Submitted
December 17, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9221M
Make and model
Piper PA46310P
Aircraft serial
468608017
Aircraft time
4,243 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO550C
Engine time
632 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
AEC654966SN730E
Part serial
6211725
Condition
Separated
Location
Engine
Part time
632 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF ACFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 8000' WHEN OWNER/PILOT EXPERIENCED A "POP" FOLLOWED BY IMMEDIATE ENGINE ROUGHNESS. PILOT REDUCED POWER AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. AFTER SAFE RETURN AND TAXI TO AIRPORT RAMP, PILOT NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL COMING FROM THE ENGINE COWL. AFTER BREIF VISUAL INSPECTION, MECHANIC AT PROFESSIONAL AIR FOUND CYLINDER ASSY NR 6 AT THE FRONT LT POSITION OF THE ENGINE HAD SEPARATED, HEAD COMPLETELY UNATTACHED TO CYLINDER BARREL. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND OR CAUSE FOR THE ENGINE LOSS OF POWER. ONLY OTHER DAMAGED FOUND AFTER INSPECTION WAS MINOR FIN DAMAGED TO THE NR 4 CYLINDER DUE TO NR 6 HEAD MOVEMENT.

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