Service difficulty report · Rotor Coil · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
September 7, 2017
Submitted
September 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740CA
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0277
Aircraft time
25,426 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Engine time
1,977 hours
Part
Rotor Coil
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 4 Cylinder
Part time
955 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED ENGINE ROUGHNESS IN FLIGHT AT POWER REDUCTION FOR CRUISE AND MIXTURE FULL RICH. THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY AT ITS INTENDED DESTINATION WITH NO ISSUE. INSPECTION DISCOVERED LOW DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION CHECK RESULT AT CYLINDER NR 4 OF THE LT ENGINE. A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. THE VALVE DOES NOT APPEAR TO EXHIBIT THE COMMON GREEN COLOR INDICATING HEAT DAMAGE. DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION CHECK AND BORESCOPE INSPECTION PERFORMED IAW M-O MANUAL. UPON REMOVAL OF THE ROCKER BOX COVER TO FACILITATE REPLACEMENT OF THE CYLINDER, THE EXHAUST VALVE ROTOCOIL WAS FOUND TO BE SEVERELY DAMAGED.

More about the Cessna 402C